Bandwagoning
noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 The practice of joining the prevailing side. uncountable
"But large, powerful states that refuse to submit to China have little interest in bandwagoning. For them, it is a question of balancing: Dealing with America’s potential absence by building up alternative paths of resistance to China—stronger alliances with others threatened by China’s rise, or upgrading domestic defense capabilities to resist China, absent U.S. assistance."
- 1 present participle and gerund of bandwagon form-of, gerund, participle, present
Example
More examples"But large, powerful states that refuse to submit to China have little interest in bandwagoning. For them, it is a question of balancing: Dealing with America’s potential absence by building up alternative paths of resistance to China—stronger alliances with others threatened by China’s rise, or upgrading domestic defense capabilities to resist China, absent U.S. assistance."
Etymology
From bandwagon + -ing.
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