blind obedience
Following without questioning
Blind obedience is unquestioning compliance with authority or rules, without independent judgment about whether the orders are right or wise.
The phrase implies danger—that following orders without thinking can lead to harm: The soldiers' blind obedience allowed atrocities to happen.
It suggests surrendering moral responsibility to whoever gives commands.
- submissionYielding to another's will
- complianceAdhering to requirements
- yes manUncritical agreeable subordinate
- conformityAdherence to norms
- fall in lineComply with expectations
unquestioning · loyalty · devotion · true believer · follower · sheep · herd · herd mentality · authority · chain of command · command · follow orders · orders · servile · dutiful · docile · subservient · mindless
- Blindblindsided
- conformityconformity, conforming, conform, conformist, conformism
- social illsracism, sexism, bigotry, prejudice, discrimination
blind obediencecritical thinking
Objective evaluation of information
questioning · skepticism · discernment · self-determination · informed consent
blind obediencedefiance
Open resistance to authority
disobedience · rebellion · insubordination · noncompliance · civil disobedience
blind, obedience, blindly, blindness, blinded, blinding, blinds, blindfold, obedient