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[[Image:Crowd in street.jpg|thumb|150px|A crowd of people returning from a show of fireworks spill in to the street stopping traffic at the intersection of [[Fulton Street (Manhattan)|Fulton Street]] and Gold Street in [[Lower Manhattan]]. City crowds are surprisingly peaceful considering their size and the potential for chaos.]]
A '''crowd''' is a [[group (sociology)|group of people]]. The crowd may have a common purpose or set of emotions, such as at a [[Demonstration (people)|political rally]], at a [[sports game]], or during [[looting]], or simply be made up of many people going about their business in a busy area (eg [[shopping]]).
==Terminology==
The term "mob" (from the [[Latin]] ''mobile vulgus'', 'fickle crowd') carries a connotation of a crowd with an (often angry and sometimes [[riot]]ous) agenda.
In human sociology, the term "mobbed" simply means "extremely crowded", as in a busy [[shopping mall|mall]] or shop. In animal behavior [[mobbing]] is a technique where many individuals of one species "gang up" on a larger individual of another species to drive them away. Mobbing behavior is often seen in [[bird]]s.
It is generally considered that a crowd consists of more than 20 people of which no more than 10 can be your friends.
==Social aspects of crowds==
[[Image:Crowd in HK.JPG|thumb|250px|This street in [[Hong Kong]] is crowded with both people and adverts.]]
Social aspects are concerned with the formation, management and [[crowd control|control]] of crowds, both from the point of view of individuals and groups seeking to persuade a crowd to their view (e.g., [[Demonstration (people)|political rallies]]), and from the point of view of society which usually attempts to contain them in an acceptable manner, or discharge their energies whilst averting excesses or mob behaviour, ultimately a decision made politically and usually executed by law enforcement.
==Psychological aspects of crowds==
Psychological aspects are concerned with the psychology of the crowd as a group and the psychology of those who allow their will and emotions to be informed by the crowd (both discussed more comprehensively under [[crowd psychology]]), and other individual responses to crowds such as [[Empathy#Other aspects|crowd-sickness]], [[claustrophobia]] and [[agoraphobia]].
[[Image:July 4 crowd at Vienna Metro station.jpg|thumb|left|250px|A crowd leaves the [[Vienna/Fairfax-GMU (Washington Metro)|Vienna/Fairfax-GMU]] station on the [[Washington Metro]] on [[July 4]], [[2006]]. The crowd behaves like a granular fluid, and people, having the same aim, are more confined than they would normally choose to be. This induces frustration and loss of manners, possibly up to putting individuals into jeopardy.]]
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