1. a group of people or entities that function as a single unified intelligence, sharing thoughts, decisions, or goals without individual autonomy
Usage: informal; often used in science fiction and speculative contexts; can be used descriptively or critically
2. in science fiction, a form of alien or artificial intelligence in which multiple organisms or units are mentally connected and controlled as one entity
Usage: science fiction; speculative

Examples

• The online community sometimes acts like a hivemind, with everyone sharing the same opinions.
• In the science fiction novel, the aliens operated as a hivemind, with no individual will.
• Social media can create a hivemind effect where dissenting voices are quickly silenced.
• The hivemind of the ant colony allows thousands of insects to work together perfectly.
• Critics worry that conformity in schools creates a hivemind rather than encouraging independent thinking.
• The fictional species communicated through a hivemind network that connected all members instantly.