pluralistic ignorance theme

also known as: the Emperor's New Clothes phenomenon

Members of a social group knowingly go along with something they privately hold to be wrong because they assume, incorrectly, that most others accept it.

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ftt1982e4x07 choice A main novelty of the story is that everyone in the kingdom, save for an innocent child, went along with that they could see the Emperor's clothes because they didn't want others to think they were too stupid to see them.