bandwagon effect

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   the phenomenon of a popular trend attracting even greater popularity

   “in periods of high merger activity there is a bandwagon effect with more and more firms seeking to engage in takeover activity”

   “polls are accused of creating a bandwagon effect to benefit their candidate”

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Questions about bandwagon effect

What does bandwagon effect mean?

bandwagon effect means "the phenomenon of a popular trend attracting even greater popularity".

Is bandwagon effect a common word?

bandwagon effect is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.