herd instinct

Noun

Meaning

herd instinct (plural herd instincts)

(sociology) herding instinct.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

And he responds first to the idea "that the Moral Law is simply our herd instinct" and second to the idea "that the Moral Law is simply a social convention". Source: Internet

The Economist reported a recent conference in Rome on the subject of the simulation of adaptive human behavior. citation It shared mechanisms to increase impulse buying and get people "to buy more by playing on the herd instinct." Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

herd cats herd immunity herd immunity threshold herd mentality herd path herd together