Usually means: Innate tendency to follow others.
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General (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. herd instinct: Merriam-Webster
  2. herd instinct: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. herd instinct: Collins English Dictionary
  4. herd instinct: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  5. herd instinct: Wiktionary
  6. herd instinct: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. herd instinct, the herd instinct: Dictionary.com
  8. Herd instinct: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. herd instinct: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Herd Instinct: Investopedia
  2. Herd instinct: Legal dictionary
  3. Herd Instinct: Financial dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. herd instinct: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
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  2. herd instinct: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (herd instinct)

▸ noun:  (sociology) herding instinct.

Similar:
herd behaviour, herding, herd mentality, shepherding, herder, swineherding, herdmate, herdful, sheepherding, share-herd, more...

Opposite:
individualism, independence, nonconformity

Types:
pack mentality, flocking, herd behavior, swarm behavior, more...

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Similar:
herd behaviour, herding, herd mentality, shepherding, herder, swineherding, herdmate, herdful, sheepherding, share-herd, more...

Opposite:
individualism, independence, nonconformity

Types:
pack mentality, flocking, herd behavior, swarm behavior, more...



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