bandwagon_effect (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the expression *bandwagon effect*:
NOUN	phenomenon	bandwagon effect	the phenomenon of a popular trend attracting even greater popularity

English > *bandwagon effect*: 1 sense > noun 1, phenomenon
Meaning	The phenomenon of a popular trend attracting even greater popularity.
Examples	"in periods of high merger activity there is a bandwagon effect with more and more firms seeking to engage in takeover activity" "polls are accused of creating a bandwagon effect to benefit their candidate"
Broader	consequence, effect, outcome, result, event, issue, upshot	A phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon
Catalan	efecte d'arrossegament

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