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A self model kept across many members, whose subject is the group they are members of, so the group reads itself as one thing.

Collective self (noun) means: A self model kept across many members, whose subject is the group they are members of, so the group reads itself as one thing. It emerges from self-model, member, groups, model: Each member holds a model of the group that includes itself; where those models overlap, the group can report on, protect and steer itself as though it were a single self, though no single member holds the whole. In the EmergenceLexicon it sits at computed level 15, chaining down to the four foundations (space, time, energy, pattern).

collective-self.shared · forms: collective identity, collective self, collective selves

Examples

Emergence

from: self-model member groups model keep across read subject
through: Each member holds a model of the group that includes itself; where those models overlap, the group can report on, protect and steer itself as though it were a single self, though no single member holds the whole.

Chain to foundations

peopleL6 people.social: a group of distinct entities that persist over time and interact through mutual touchoffL2 off.state: when a thing is not here, it is therematterL1 matter.substance: A pattern of energy that is in one place in space through time.valueL7 value.magnitude: The number a parameter has at a time.interactingL4 interacting.social: when two things change each other while touchingmakeL4 make.verb: Parts come together through interaction into a structure and persist in that pattern.actL3 act.deed: do somethingrangeL3 range.spatial: the space between two boundariesdirectionL11 direction.spatial: a line that a thing points to as it goesmemberL7 member.social: a person that is a part of a groupchangeL1 change.process: When a thing is not the same after as it was before.motionL2 motion.movement: Change of place: a thing is here, and after, it is there.entitiesL4 entities.object: things that are each distinct from other thingsprocessL4 process.general: A set of changes that occur in something over time.lineL10 line.geometric: a set of points with regular arrangement in spacepartL1 part.relation: Something that is in a thing but is not all of that thing.quantityL7 quantity.numerical: the size of how many things are in a spacedifferenceL1 difference.relation: When one thing is not the same as another; the pattern of one is not the pattern of the other.conditionL3 condition.state: a state of a thing that persists through time in a placesaysL8 says.speech: to make a message that other distinct entities getholdL13 hold.physical: keep thing with touch and force so it does not movetimeL0 time.dimension: The before and after of things: that in which a thing can be, and then not be the same.comeL3 come.arrive: To move through space until being at some place.acrossL13 across.spatial: from one side of a space to the other sideoccursL2 occurs.event: a change that is at some place during timedistinctL3 distinct.attribute: a thing is not the same as another thingpersistL1 persist.continue: To be the same through time.interactionL2 interaction.process: When two things change each other.outsideL6 outside.spatial: the space that is not inside a thing's boundarynumberL6 number.quantity: a mark of many distinct others together in a placeparameterL4 parameter.condition: A condition of a thing that can change while the thing persists.groupsL5 groups.collection: a set of entity that are together because each entity has patterncontactL4 contact.physical: When two things are at the same place in space during time and their boundaries touch.surfaceL4 surface.exterior: A part of a boundary that touches a thing and is where the thing is not the thing.keepL5 keep.maintenance: to make something persist in a place or statemodelL9 model.representation: A pattern in one thing that is like another thing, so that acting on the pattern can say what the other thing will do.linksL8 links.connection: a thing that connects two thingshappenL2 happen.event-occurrence: A change that is at some place during time.relevanceL12 relevance.core: a parameter whose drift moves a wallflowL3 flow.movement: Motion of many parts of matter together through one place.pressL5 press.force: to move an object until it is in contact with a surfaceinformationL6 information.knowledge: a pattern of marks that are differencesmessageL7 message.information: information that one entity puts into space for another entitysideL3 side.surface: A part of the boundary of a thing.patternL0 pattern.regularity: That which is the same again: what is here is also there, or what is now was also before.goL3 go.movement: to move one from a place to another placeenergyL0 energy.capacity: That by which things can be not as they were.readL7 read.information: when entities sees and makes informationinsideL5 inside.spatial: in the space that is within an object's boundarywallL8 wall.range-end: The value of a parameter at which a window ends.collective selfL15 collective-self.shared: A self model kept across many members, whose subject is the group they are members of, so the group reads itself as one thing.pointsL2 points.location: a part that is at a placespaceL0 space.extent: Where things can be: that in which one thing is here and another is there, apart.driftL11 drift.aimless: Change of a parameter with nothing that makes it go one way.sizeL2 size.measurement: the space that a thing's matter is inwayL9 way.method: a link of one place to another through spaceworkL3 work.effort: a change that happens when energy moves something through spacestructureL2 structure.arrangement: The pattern of how the parts of a thing are placed in space.windowL7 window.range: The range of a parameter within which a thing can be; outside it the thing ends though its parts persist.stateL2 state.condition: a pattern of a thing that persists through time in a placecarryingL5 carrying.transporting: To move with a thing that is in one place and then is in another, where the thing remains in contact.extentL3 extent.spatial: how much space matter hasnothingL10 nothing.absence: not a thingmarksL5 marks.visual: A difference that is a pattern on a surface when a part changes that surface.connectsL7 connects.verb: When two things are brought together so that a flow between them can happen and persist.eventL3 event.occurrence: a change that occurs in a place during a timeregularL1 regular.frequency: a thing that is the same pattern again over timegetL5 get.acquisition: you make a thing come to youtouchL3 touch.together: When there is no space between the boundaries of two things, and each can change the other.point of no returnL9 point-of-no-return.irreversible: A wall in a parameter's window, beyond which the thing cannot persist even though its parts do.boundaryL2 boundary.limit: The place where a thing ends and what is not the thing begins.noneL9 none.quantity: no amount of a thingputL3 put.placement: to move something into a placelikeL3 like.similarity: When a thing has the same pattern as another thing.objectL4 object.entity: A thing that has a boundary and an arrangement of parts that persists through time in a place.arrangementL3 arrangement.spatial: a structure of parts in space.amountL8 amount.quantity: the quantity of a thing is a size or a numberothersL2 others.distinct-entities: Things that are in space and time but not the same thing as one, or not the same pattern as one.forceL12 force.push: a press of matter that results in a change in motionseeL6 see.visual: change when matter interacts with marks visible in space extentself-modelL14 self-model.reflexive: A model in a thing whose subject is the thing that holds the model.setsL3 sets.grouped: A pattern of many things that are each different from the others but are bounded together by what is the same about them.subjectL5 subject.entity: a thing that a change process is about in an eventbroughtL6 brought.past-tense: To come to a place carrying a thing that was not there before.
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Neighborhood

Concepts that depend on this one above; what it is built from below.

used by — 71 more not shownbuilt frombelongingL16belonging.member — Being read by a collective self as one of its members, so that the walls it sets read as one's own.citizens firstL16citizens-first.ranked — A collective self that narrows its boundary by keeping the walls of its members first, above the walls of others who livengine of growthL16engine-of-growth.driver — A part a collective self reads as what makes its whole window wider, so keeping that part reads as keeping its future.hunger for changeL16hunger-for-change.appetite — A collective self reading its current window as one to leave, so its members read their reach as wider after any change in-groupL16in-group.inside — The members a collective self reads as inside its boundary.locals onlyL16locals-only.closed — A collective self that narrows its boundary to those from its own place, closing the place to others who come in.mood of the countryL16mood-of-the-country.read — The reports a collective self makes at one time about its walls and its reach together, read from its members by those wmoraleL16morale.collective — The reach a collective self reads itself as having, kept across its members at one time.collective selfL15collective-self.shared — A self model kept across many members, whose subject is the group they are members of, so the group reads itself as one self-modelL14self-model.reflexive — A model in a thing whose subject is the thing that holds the model.memberL7member.social — a person that is a part of a groupgroupsL5groups.collection — a set of entity that are together because each entity has patternmodelL9model.representation — A pattern in one thing that is like another thing, so that acting on the pattern can say what the other thing will do.keepL5keep.maintenance — to make something persist in a place or stateacrossL13across.spatial — from one side of a space to the other sidereadL7read.information — when entities sees and makes informationsubjectL5subject.entity — a thing that a change process is about in an event

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belongingL16citizens firstL16engine of growthL16hunger for changeL16in-groupL16locals onlyL16mood of the countryL16moraleL16nation of shopkeepersL16our borders our rulesL16out-groupL16pain at the pumpL16rising powerL16risk appetiteL16stay the courseL16strategic industryL16bharat vs indiaL17buy localL17consumer confidenceL17eliteL17establishmentL17fifth columnL17heartlandL17ick factorL17north-south divideL17not one of usL17one nationL17one percentL17ordinary peopleL17our way of lifeL17outsiders coming inL17real peopleL17second-class citizensL17self-sufficientL17silent majorityL17us versus themL17deep stateL18diaspora voteL18fear and greedL18feel-good factorL18market jittersL18middle classL18national championL18sovereign wealthL18voter fatigueL18we the peopleL18wealth effectL18american dreamL19asian centuryL19country in declineL19economic nationalismL19foreign interferenceL19founding fathersL19greatest generationL19law-abiding citizensL19lost decadeL19miracle economyL19nation of immigrantsL19national prideL19new chapterL19outrage of the weekL19punching above our weightL19sense of grievanceL19take back our countryL19this is who we areL19traditionL19we built thisL19winter of discontentL19working familiesL19crisis of confidenceL20economic anxietyL20pocketbook issuesL20proud traditionL20shock doctrineL20wounded nationL20golden ageL21never againL21restore dignityL21worlds largest democracyL21

Relations

contrasts-withidentity.selfidentity is a self model held by one thing; the collective self is held across many
enablesgroupthink.collectivegroupthink is a collective self that mistakes its own repetition for truth

Provenance

author: claude-opus-5-5:hand-curated · date: 2026-09-29 · confidence: 0.85 · source: schema/power-agency-phase.md