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
There’s an essential connection between the concepts of trust, followership, and authenticity.
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Jack McCullough, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
His research centers on leadership and followership within the context of human resource management.
—Sanghee Park, Harvard Business Review, 17 Oct. 2024
Gallup’s latest research on followership reveals four needs — trust, stability, compassion and hope — with hope emerging as a universal theme, comprising 56% of all words used to describe influential leaders.
—Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025
There’s an essential connection between the concepts of trust, followership, and authenticity.
—Jack McCullough, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
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Jack McCullough, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
His research centers on leadership and followership within the context of human resource management.
—Sanghee Park, Harvard Business Review, 17 Oct. 2024
Gallup’s latest research on followership reveals four needs — trust, stability, compassion and hope — with hope emerging as a universal theme, comprising 56% of all words used to describe influential leaders.
—Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025
There’s an essential connection between the concepts of trust, followership, and authenticity.
—Jack McCullough, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for followership
Noun
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Things change, and new audiences are there to be won.—
Tim Ellis,
Forbes.com,
2 July 2025
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Olivia Munson is an audience editor at USA TODAY and Nicole Fallert is a newsletter writer for USA TODAY.—
Olivia Munson,
USA Today,
1 July 2025
Noun
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In the years following its initial cancellation, the series gained a cult following, and HBO picked it up for a second season, which premiered in 2014.—
Armando Tinoco,
Deadline,
27 June 2025
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Leto was photographed with his cult dressed in all white.—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
26 June 2025
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“Followership.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/followership. Accessed 8 Jul. 2025.
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