herd behaviour
herd behaviour · herd behaviours
Herdentrieb, Herdenverhalten
The tendency of a group of individuals to react coherently without there being any…The tendency of a group of individuals (a herd) to react coherently without there being any coordination between them. The term may be applied to animals, or to human phenomena such as stock market bubbles and behaviour in political demonstrations.
Meaning
1 senses(countable, uncountable)The tendency of a group of individuals (a herd) to react coherently without there being any coordination between them. The term may be applied to animals, or to human phenomena such as stock market bubbles and behaviour in political demonstrations.
Herdentrieb, Herdenverhalten
Translations
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By meaning 1
the tendency of a group of individuals (a herd) to react coherently without there being any coordination between them:
Forms
plural: herd behaviours| Singular | herd behaviour |
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Word family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable