mobbing

See also: Mobbing

English

Verb

mobbing

  1. present participle of mob

Noun

mobbing (countable and uncountable, plural mobbings)

  1. (biology) The aggressive behaviour of a group of animals on another individual (especially a predator).
  2. Group bullying.
    • 2012, Maureen P. Duffy, Len Sperry, Mobbing: Causes, Consequences, and Solutions
      As in the Salem Witch Hunt mobbings, the McMartin Preschool Sexual Abuse Case mobbings also provides[sic] an opportunity for analyzing what could have been done, but wasn't, to stop a relentless social process that hurt everyone in its wake […]
  3. (software engineering) Mob programming.

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Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English mobbing.

Noun

mobbing m (invariable)

  1. bullying, mobbing (aggressive behaviour of animals or people)

Spanish

Noun

mobbing m (uncountable)

  1. workplace bullying

Synonyms
  • acoso laboral

See also
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