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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
His research centers on leadership and followership within the context of human resource management.
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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
Inspirational leaders create followership, and that in turn encourages greatness.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
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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
Inspirational leaders create followership, and that in turn encourages greatness.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for followership
Noun
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The target audience will be different on each platform, as people use platforms with different intentions.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
10 June 2025
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The growth of the festival year after year is confirmation that American audiences embrace this.—
Jamie Lang,
Variety,
9 June 2025
Noun
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This cruelty is echoed and magnified in Trump’s movement, which increasingly resembles an authoritarian cult more than a political party.—
Tom Debley,
Mercury News,
4 June 2025
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So as Will was entering this case that involved a cult, he gets caught undercover and in that process he gets drugged.—
Andrea Flores,
Los Angeles Times,
2 June 2025
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“Followership.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/followership. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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