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Ochloanoia

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English

Etymology

From Template:Der + Template:Der.

Pronunciation

Noun

Template:En-noun

  1. Collective mindlessness or irrationality that arises specifically within a crowd or mob, in which individual judgment dissolves into shared folly.
    The riot was less a coordinated protest and more a sudden outbreak of ochloanoia, as hundreds of otherwise sensible people succumbed to the chaos.

Synonyms

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