by K33p1tg33 April 28, 2008

by Chum73 July 10, 2010

Pertaining to the mindset many people have, the need to be near other people (even strangers), often at the disappointment of the strangers/foreign group.
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How large numbers of people act in the same ways at the same times.
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How large numbers of people act in the same ways at the same times.
Parking your car in a space directly next to another, when the entire lot is empty. Also may be used effectively to describe a group's behavior when choosing a spot on an empty beach. If they lay their blanket within a few feet of you, they have demonstrated the herding mentality.
"Did you see where they just put their blanket?! It's practically on top of ours and the ENTIRE beach is empty."
"They totally have the herding mentality."
"Did you see where they just put their blanket?! It's practically on top of ours and the ENTIRE beach is empty."
"They totally have the herding mentality."
by grrrrretaa! August 10, 2009

by 459395 April 3, 2022

An internal drive, confidence, and aggression that resides within certain players. These players go that extra mile to make a play.
*player hits triple in his 2nd at bat after losing 3-0*
Coach: Now that's the type of player I would love to have on my team. He has that dawg mentality!
Coach: Now that's the type of player I would love to have on my team. He has that dawg mentality!
by DaGoatCoach April 6, 2021

Mental Powerhouse (n, adj.); A descriptive used in slang of counterculture to describe a burnout, or individual who makes use of unrealistic mentalist descriptive traits. Also describes a self-inflated opinion of ones own mental ability to influence others or situations. A failure to understand the physical nature of the real world.
by Sheriffknight October 16, 2014

the inability to understand epidemiology and to trust science and experts that herd immunity does not involve letting a virus run rampant through a population.
President Trump defended his assertion that the novel coronavirus would "disappear" with or without a vaccine on Tuesday, saying the United States would develop what he called "herd mentality."
by fawkes21eod September 16, 2020
