English Dictionary

hivemind

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈhaɪv.maɪnd/

名詞

広義 軽蔑的

(science fiction) A collection of minds somehow linked or unified, possibly as if by telepathy. / (by extension) Collective intelligence, especially when facilitated by communication technology.

日本語の意味

（サイエンスフィクション的意味）テレパシーなどにより互いに連結、統一される複数の精神の集合体 / （転じて）コミュニケーション技術などによって促進される集合知

When the exploration crew first encountered the alien hivemind, their individual thoughts were swept into a single, overwhelming mind.

探査隊が初めてその異星人の集合意識と遭遇したとき、個々の思考は一つの圧倒的な意識にのみ込まれた。

意味（1）

(science fiction) A collection of minds somehow linked or unified, possibly as if by telepathy.

Though now extinct, the rachni once threatened every species in Citadel space. Over 2000 years ago, explorers foolishly opened a mass relay to a previously-unknown system and encountered something never seen before or since: a species of spacefaring insects guided by a hive-mind intelligence.

意味（2）

(by extension) Collective intelligence, especially when facilitated by communication technology.

The marvel of “hive mind” is that no one is in control, and yet an invisible hand governs, a hand that emerges from very dumb members.

意味（3）

(derogatory) A group of people who uncritically share beliefs or mindlessly follow orders.

Lehman, AIG, Anglo-Irish, etc. were not cases of immortal hive-minds at work; they were cases of kleptocrats run wild.

hiveminds （ plural ）