mobbing
mobbing Lexical Profile
mobbing Game Scores & Validity
• noun
Systematic psychological harassment, intimidation, or bullying of an individual by a group of people, especially in a workplace or school environment.
"The human resources department launched a formal investigation after several employees reported a culture of workplace mobbing."
An anti-predator behavior in which smaller animals, especially birds, cooperatively attack, swoop at, or harass a larger predator to protect their offspring or territory.
"Ornithologists observed the intense mobbing of a perched owl by a flock of noisy crows."
The act of an unruly or enthusiastic crowd surrounding, crowding around, or attacking someone.
"Extra security guards were hired to prevent a chaotic mobbing of the band outside the concert venue."
• Rhymes for mobbing
Word Origin & Etymology
Derived from the verb 'mob', a late 17th-century shortening of the Latin phrase 'mobile vulgus' (meaning 'fickle crowd'). Its modern senses in ethology and organizational psychology were popularized in the 20th century by Konrad Lorenz and Heinz Leymann, respectively.