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- DictionaryThere's safety in numbers
- ▪ being in a group of people makes you feel more confident or secure about taking action
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Safety in numbers is the hypothesis that, by being part of a large physical group or mass, an individual is less likely to be the victim of a mishap, accident, attack, or other bad event. Some related theories also argue (and can show statistically) that mass behaviour (by becoming more predictable and "known" to other people) can reduce accident risks, such as in traffic safety – in this case, th... Wikipedia