Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. science fiction A collection of minds somehow linked, possibly as if by telepathy.
- n. science fiction A single entity wherein a collection of minds somehow meet, possibly as if by telepathy.
- n. sociology A group of people who give the false impression of being a hivemind (1), eg. by mindlessly following orders.
Etymologies
- hive + mind (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Popurls pick up links from social news and bookmarking sites - the "hivemind" as Pandia says.”
“Have you ever had a thought in your entire LIFE that wasnt programmed into your Limborg hivemind?”
Think Progress » Rep. Trent Franks: African-Americans were better off under slavery.
“So YOU toss out the insults then when WE return them you reach into the hivemind talking point grab bag and take out what Rush TOLD you to say.”
Think Progress » Gingrich: Hoekstra’s Campaign Got A ‘Boost’ From Failed Airline Bomber
“The ones you were programmed with like the ignorant member of the Limborg hivemind you are.”
“I mean it has been shredded a couple of thousand times but to a brainwashed charter member of the Limborg hivemind how STUPID a talking point is.”
“It must have been programmed into you by your Limborg hivemind leader.”
“Even for a hivemind moron member of the herd you are incredibly stupid”
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“He just spews out whatever his hivemind masters tell him to think because he knows he is far too stupid to think for himself.”
“Just go kill yourself you worthless ignorant hivemind moron”
“You are so brainwashed you think the hivemind instructions originate in your own head.”
Think Progress » Boehner Claims Student Loan Reform Will ‘Eliminate Every Bank In The Country’
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘hivemind’.
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science fact or fiction
pretty open-ended here—terms, ideas, lingo, technologies and phenomena (real or postulated) that are, were, should be or could be used in speculative fiction
tachyon, mecha, dropship, wetware, meatspace, nanobot, cloned meat, asteroid mining, hyperdrive, wormhole, parallel universe, distributed intel... and 464 more...
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2008 Wordlist
Hopefully, I'll be using this site for more than one year. It will be fun then to look back and see what new words I found worthy of notice in any given year.
All words spotted in 2008...longanimity, permalancer, breeder, biodegradable, handicapable, gender-neutral, translator, interpreter, translation, interpreting, kleptocracy, fanfiction and 1598 more...
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Groupthink
Intra-Group dynamics, psychology of/within, and heard mentality.
acculturation, isopraxism, girouettism, steinzor effect, crowdsourcing, ethnocentric, syntality, conclamation, esprit de corps, ethnomania, entryism, herd crime and 78 more...
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