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Groupthink

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Groupthink, named by Irving Janis, is the tendency of a cohesive group to suppress dissent and converge on a poor decision in order to preserve agreement.

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Members privately doubting a plan say nothing, each reading the silence of the others as consent.

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Groupthink arises from cohesion and the wish to preserve it, not from any member's incompetence.