deindividuation.

Reduced personal self-awareness or felt accountability under group or anonymity conditions.

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Words that belong together

• group deindividuation
• effects of deindividuation

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The study examined deindividuation in anonymous interaction.

Usage notes

Primary category: psychology / human behavior. Forms: Usually uncountable; no ordinary plural in this sense. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: character, interpretation. Commonness: uncommon.