Definitions

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  • noun Adherence to a leader
  • noun A group of followers

Etymologies

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From follower +‎ -ship.

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Examples

  • Secrets of good "followership" - why you must be a good follower to be a good leader

    AvaxHome samurais 2010

  • But the issue today is really one of followership - in other words, whether nations outside the U.S. would take their cue from New York City and Washington even if both those cities were inhabited by latter-day Solons.

    TIME.com: Top Stories 2008

  • But the issue today is really one of followership - in other words, whether nations outside the U.S. would take their cue from New York City and Washington even if both those cities were inhabited by latter-day Solons.

    TIME.com: Top Stories 2008

  • But the issue today is really one of followership - in other words, whether nations outside the U.S. would take their cue from New York City and Washington even if both those cities were inhabited by latter-day Solons.

    TIME.com: Top Stories 2008

  • But the issue today is really one of followership - in other words, whether nations outside the U.S. would take their cue from New York City and Washington even if both those cities were inhabited by latter-day Solons.

    TIME.com: Top Stories 2008

  • But the issue today is really one of followership - in other words, whether nations outside the U.S. would take their cue from New York City and Washington even if both those cities were inhabited by latter-day Solons.

    TIME.com: Top Stories 2008

  • But the issue today is really one of followership - in other words, whether nations outside the U.S. would take their cue from New York City and Washington even if both those cities were inhabited by latter-day Solons.

    TIME.com: Top Stories 2008

  • But the issue today is really one of followership - in other words, whether nations outside the U.S. would take their cue from New York City and Washington even if both those cities were inhabited by latter-day Solons.

    TIME.com: Top Stories 2008

  • Meanwhile, President Obama must deal with the inheritance from the past with fifth columnist "left-behinds" in every corner of his administration, not to mention a moronically strident Republican "followership" prattling the fevered imaginings of Boss Tweed Limbaugh and the rest of the naughty boys and girls on Fox, stirring up anger, fear, race hatred, and, yes, sedition.

    Sack Rahm 2009

  • Somebody said yesterday in a discussion I was part of that people often talk about wanting leadership but they don't know what 'followership' means and often when people say 'give us firm leadership' they mean just play back to us what we want to hear and we'll feel better about it.

    Simon Mayo Interview 2005

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