A person who prioritizes group membership and loyalty over individual identity or independent thinking.
From 'group' (from French 'groupe', possibly from Italian 'groppo' meaning knot) plus '-ist' (suffix meaning one who practices or advocates). Emerged in 20th-century social psychology to describe conformist behavior patterns.
Groupists appear in every culture throughout history—think of how Medieval guild members were groupists, prioritizing their trade guild's rules over personal innovation. The term helps explain why people sometimes abandon their own judgment to fit in with a crowd.
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