followership

noun

ˈfä-lə-wər-ˌship How to pronounce followership (audio)
Definition of followershipnext
as in audience
a group of people showing intense devotion to a cause, person, or work (as a film) the televangelist has a substantial followership in the rural South

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Recent Examples of followership The hardest part of building that followership isn't the vision. — Meghan Keough, Forbes.com, 22 Apr. 2026 This drives repeat and drives followership. — James Manso, Footwear News, 18 Nov. 2025 His style is more followership than leadership. — The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 11 Feb. 2025 There’s an essential connection between the concepts of trust, followership, and authenticity. — Jack McCullough, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for followership
Recent Examples of Synonyms for followership
  1. audience
  2. cult
Noun
  • For 70 years, the festival has brought really the best of the year in cinema to audiences.
    — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 5 Oct. 2026
  • The most justifiable criticism against the DC detective series is that its mysteries play out wordily, without letting the audience in on how its space cops come to major conclusions.
    — Siddhant Adlakha, Vulture, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of audience
Noun
  • Among Barravento’s additional projects in development is an English-language remake of Kanteo Shindo’s cult horror classic Onibaba.
    — Liz Shackleton, Deadline, 29 Sep. 2026
  • Later, she’s taken in by a tinkerer with a tiny cult, and bonds with another woman there.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of cult

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“Followership.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/followership. Accessed 5 Oct. 2026.

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