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bandwagonism

bandwagonism noun: the tendency to jump on the bandwagon, i.e. to join a craze or trend, sometimes for profit.

Noun

bandwagonism (uncountable)

  1. The tendency to jump on the bandwagon, i.e. to join a craze or trend, sometimes for profit.

Origin of bandwagonism

From bandwagon + -ism.

Questions about bandwagonism

What does bandwagonism mean?
Bandwagonism means the tendency to jump on the bandwagon, i.e. to join a craze or trend, sometimes for profit.
What part of speech is bandwagonism?
Bandwagonism is a noun.

Words near bandwagonism in the dictionary

  1. bandwagoneer
  2. bandwagoneers
  3. bandwagoner
  4. bandwagoners
  5. bandwagoning
  6. bandwagonism
  7. bandwagonned
  8. bandwagonning
  9. bandwagons
  10. bandwidth
  11. bandwidths

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