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Collective consciousness - Definition
Related Words: Apperception, Appreciation, Attention, Brain, Cognition, Concentration, Concern, Consideration, Ear, Experience, Faculties, Feeling, Head

The French social theorist Émile Durkheim (1858-1917) used the term collective consciousness in his The Rules of Sociological Method (1895), Suicide (1897), and The Elementary Forms of Religious Life (1912).

Various forms has been identified by other sociologists, going from solidarity attitudes and memes to extreme behaviors like groupthink or herd behavior

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Example Usage of consciousness
OUR_LORD: RT @ShipsofSong: "Be joyous with us for the consciousness of God arrives. All is well on planet Earth."
heathen_king: That we are all one consciousness experiencing itself subjectively.
jillosopher: @grettalulu @barnzi2009 I definitely believe in Something, be it God, collective consciousness, not sure exactly. :)
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