followership

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.62 in modern English

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noun

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Countable; Uncountable

"The Prime Minister talks about setting out his vision of the country, but he has to wait for us to tell him what it is. That is not leadership of this country — it is followership, Prime Minister. It is not strong, Prime Minister, it is weak."

Etymology tree English follower Proto-Germanic *skapjaną Proto-Germanic *-skapiz Proto-West Germanic *-skapi Old English -sċiepe Middle English -schipe English -ship English followership From follower + -ship.

followerships (plural) follower-ship (alternative)

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What does followership mean?

An adherence to a leader.

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