mass gathering
Large public congregation
A mass gathering is a large assembly of people in one location, typically for a specific event or purpose: concerts, sporting events, religious pilgrimages, political rallies.
The term appears frequently in public health and emergency management contexts, where such gatherings present unique risks: Mass gatherings require careful planning for crowd control and medical emergencies.
The threshold varies by definition—sometimes a few thousand, sometimes tens of thousands.
- crowdLarge public gathering
- rallyGathering for a cause
- festivalOrganized public celebration
- congregationAssembled group of worshippers
- throngDense pressing crowd
shoulder to shoulder · assembly · mob · protest · concert · parade · stadium · swarm · multitude · celebration · demonstration · flock · standing room only · horde · attendance · flash mob · venue · sold out
- public gatheringspublic assembly, concert, festival, demonstration, parade
- Kumbh Melasacred bath, ritual bathing, pilgrims, Ganges, devotees
- crowdscrowd, horde, mob, throng, multitude
- protestsprotest, demonstration, protest march, demonstrations, rallies
- riot controlriot police, riot gear, riot shield, tear gas, water cannon
mass gatheringsolitude
State of being alone
isolation · solitary confinement · being alone · empty room · individual
mass gatheringdispersal
Spreading in many directions
scattering · dispersion · social distancing · evacuation · spread out
mass gatheringseclusion
Voluntary withdrawal from society
hermitage · withdrawal · retreat · quarantine · self-isolation
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