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- adjective Resembling a
herd or some aspect of one, especially a propensity to follow blindly after aleader .
Etymologies
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Examples
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The herdlike mentality of many is even more troubling.
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One role Fan and Fred have provided - indeed, the original reason for their existence - was to act as the buyer of last resort for mortgages when banks and private investors retreat, herdlike, from the market, which happens with some regularity.
D.C. area will take hit if Wall Street steals away with Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac Steven Pearlstein 2011
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One role Fan and Fred have provided - indeed, the original reason for their existence - was to act as the buyer of last resort for mortgages when banks and private investors retreat, herdlike, from the market, which happens with some regularity.
D.C. area will take hit if Wall Street steals away with Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac Steven Pearlstein 2011
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You are ... 16% unique (blame, for example, your interest in the neo-west), 36% peculiar, 24% interesting, 18% normal and 7% herdlike (partly because you, like everyone else, enjoy radiohead).
shitty sci-fi* movie roundup: bash it up, bash it up, bash it up intertribal 2009
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The herdlike youth cult that helped propel the Messiah to the White House was more akin to a Madison Avenue ad blitz than a serious policy debate.
OBAMA ZOMBIES Jason Mattera 2010
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You are … 7% unique (blame, for example, your interest in yeah right whatever) and 13% herdlike (partly because you, like everyone else, enjoy sleeping).
Wow, I have not done one of these in a while…. « Skid Roche 2008
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The herdlike youth cult that helped propel the Messiah to the White House was more akin to a Madison Avenue ad blitz than a serious policy debate.
OBAMA ZOMBIES Jason Mattera 2010
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You are ... 8% unique (blame, for example, your interest in wwmxd) and 8% herdlike (partly because you, like everyone else, enjoy writing).
Why I love the future.... james_nicoll 2007
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You are ... 14% unique (blame, for example, your interest in thinking styles) and 10% herdlike (partly because you, like everyone else, enjoy writing).
Reality is what, when you killfile it, doesn't go away. 2007
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In some instances, this herdlike behavior created overreactions that set the stage for smart Dumpster-diving investors.
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