In its ordinary sense the word “crowd” means a gathering of individuals of
whatever nationality, profession, or sex, and whatever be the chances that have
brought them together. From the psychological point of view the expression
“crowd” assumes quite a different signification. Under certain given
circumstances, and only under those circumstances, an agglomeration of men
presents new characteristics very different from those of the individuals
composing it. The sentiments and ideas of all the persons in the gathering take
one and the same direction, and their conscious personality vanishes. A
collective mind is formed, doubtless transitory, but presenting very clearly
defined characteristics. The gathering has thus become what, in the absence of
a better expression, I will call an organised crowd, or, if the term is considered
preferable, a psychological crowd. It forms a single being, and is subjected to
the law of the mental unity of crowds.
- Gustave Le Bon, The Crowd
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