lemming

Anlam (İngilizce)

1. A small arctic and subarctic rodent of the tribes Lemmini, Dicrostonychini and Lagurini.
2. (figuratively) Any member of a group given to conformity or groupthink, especially a group poised to follow a leader off a cliff.

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/lɛm.ɪŋ/

Etimoloji (İngilizce)

From Danish and Norwegian lemming, from Old Norse lómundr, læmingi, læmingr (“lemming”), perhaps from Sami luomek. Sense 2 derives from a longstanding myth that they exhibit so much herd mentality that populations jump off cliffs to their deaths together.