In social psychology, pluralistic ignorance is a situation where a majority of group members privately reject a norm, but assume incorrectly that most others accept it,[1] also described as 'no one believes, but everyone thinks that everyone believes."[2] Lack of public opposition then helps perpetuate a norm that may be, in fact, disliked by most people.
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Levine, J., & Hogg, M. (2014). Pluralistic Ignorance. In Encyclopedia of Group Processes & Intergroup Relations. SAGE Publications, Inc. https://doi.org/10.4135/9781412972017.n197
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