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Definition of Herdlike
1. Adjective. Resembling a herd or some aspect of one, especially a propensity to follow blindly after a leader. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Herdlike
1. resembling a herd [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Herdlike
Literary usage of Herdlike
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. King Arthur by Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton (1851)
"... he sprung Light from the shatter'd wall,—and swiftly strode Where, herdlike
huddled in the central space, Droop'd, in dull pause, the cowering populace. ..."
2. A System of Ethics by Friedrich Paulsen (1899)
"... dividing walls of the individual's own hut, we cannot imagine the separation
of the particular families from the original herdlike unity of the horde. ..."
3. Educational Sociology by David Snedden (1922)
"Do the following seem "herdlike": a boys' gang; a mob; the two parents and three
young children of a family; the stockholders of a corporation; ..."
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