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bandwagonism

noun

Etymology

From bandwagon + -ism.

  1. derived from *weǵʰ-✻
  2. derived from *wagnaz✻
  3. derived from *wagn✻
  4. derived from *wagan✻
  5. borrowed from wagen
  6. compounded as bandwagon — “band + wagon”
  7. suffixed as bandwagonism — “bandwagon + ism”

Definitions

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

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

The neighborhood

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