bandwagonning

Noun

bandwagoning (uncountable)

1. The practice of joining the prevailing side.
   • But large, powerful states that refuse to submit to China have little interest in bandwagoning. For them, it is a question of balancing: Dealing with America’s potential absence by building up alternative paths of resistance to China—stronger alliances with others threatened by China’s rise, or...2016 November 21, Jon Emont, “Asia Awaits the Trump Era”, in The Atlantic

Verb

bandwagon (third-person singular simple present bandwagons, present participle bandwagoning or (rare) bandwagonning, simple past and past participle bandwagoned or (rare) bandwagonned)

1. (figuratively) To join a bandwagon (a current movement that attracts wide support).
   • Again, only three years ago, he opposed every measure advocated by Woodrow Wilson—did all he could to prevent his nomination—and bandwagoned when the nomination could no longer be prevented.1915 June 17, Rockville Tribune, “Roger Sullivan”, in The Indianapolis News, volume XLVI, number 166 (14,218 overall), Indianapolis, Ind., →OCLC, page 16, column 5

   Synonyms:

   jump on the bandwagon

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