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'''Sheeple''' is a [[term of disparagement]], a [[portmanteau]] created by combining the words "[[sheep]]" and "[[people (disambiguation)|people]]"; a reference to [[herd behavior|herd mentality]]. It is often used to denote persons who acquiesce to authority, and thus undermine their own human individuality. The implication of ''sheeple'' is that people believe whatever they are told, without processing it to be sure that it is an accurate representation of the real world around them. The term is generally used in a political or religious sense. |
'''Sheeple''' is a [[term of disparagement]], a [[portmanteau]] created by combining the words "[[sheep]]" and "[[people (disambiguation)|people]]"; a reference to [[herd behavior|herd mentality]]. It is often used to denote persons who acquiesce to authority, and thus undermine their own human individuality. The implication of ''sheeple'' is that people believe whatever they are told, without processing it to be sure that it is an accurate representation of the real world around them. The term is generally used in a political or religious sense. |
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Revision as of 10:04, 22 September 2006
Sheeple is a term of disparagement, a portmanteau created by combining the words "sheep" and "people"; a reference to herd mentality. It is often used to denote persons who acquiesce to authority, and thus undermine their own human individuality. The implication of sheeple is that people believe whatever they are told, without processing it to be sure that it is an accurate representation of the real world around them. The term is generally used in a political or religious sense.
Common usage tends to especially apply the term to devoutly religious people, particularly Christians; however, it is also used to describe devout members of any religious persuasion, and perhaps its particular application to Christianity is a combination of the fact that Christians are the majority religion in the Americas and Europe where the term is commonly used, and the fact that Christians describe themselves as a "flock" and Christ as a "shepherd."
In political usage, it can be used to refer to a member of any political party, and is especially applied to those who take a hard party line stance or who are especially trusting of any politician.
However, the term is also used more broadly to describe any person who the speaker feels is exceedingly conformist, including members of consumer culture and popular culture at large.