metooism

Noun

me-tooism (countable and uncountable, plural me-tooisms)

1. (derogatory, informal) The act of following or taking on a policy of another (especially competing) person or political party.
   • Next week's programme is one of peculiar interest. The following questions are announced for debate: The origin of "Me-tooism" in politics and "Too-tooism" in æsthetics, with reference to the study of modern history.1883 August 23, Harold Van Santvoord, “Philosophy at Pompoonik”, in Life, volume II, number 34, New York, N.Y.: Published at the Life Office, […], →OCLC, page 96, column 1
2. (broadly, derogatory, informal) The tendency to do or say the same as somebody else; the tendency to follow something that is trendy.
   • In socialist societies, there is a ‘me tooism’, a complex which startles the sensitive observer. Here despite social controls, the cities rise like jungles, the traffic jams are consciously sought, and so are the wasteful standards. No genuine alternative is posed. The choice before man remains...1972, Romesh Thapar, “A Disciplining Philosophy of Living”, in Anil Bordia, J[ames] R[obbins] Kidd, J[ames] A. Draper, editors, Adult Education in India: A Book of Readings, Bombay, Maharashtra...

   Synonyms:

   bandwagonism