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Abilene principle

Ab·i·lene prin·ci·ple


noun 
Definition:
 
principle of unsatisfactory group decision-making: the principle that a group will arrive at a position that none of them really wants because no-one wants to contradict or offend anyone else

[< an anecdote about a family traveling to Abilene, Texas, despite none of them wanting to go there]
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