me-tooism
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me-tooism
- /miːˈtuːɪz(ə)m/ UK
- /miˈtuˌɪzəm/ US
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From me too + -ism (suffix forming names of tendencies of action, behaviour, condition, opinion, or state belonging to groups of persons).
noun me-tooisms · metooism · me-too-ism · me tooism · me too-ism
- The act of following or taking on a policy of another (especially competing) person or political party. Next week's programme is one of peculiar interest. The following questions are announced for debate: The origin of "Me-tooism" in politics and "Too-tooism" in æsthetics, with reference to the study of modern history.
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The tendency to do or say the same as somebody else; the tendency to follow something that is trendy.
In socialist societies, there is a ‘me tooism’, a complex which startles the sensitive observer. Here despite social controls, the cities rise like jungles, the traffic jams are consciously sought, and so are the wasteful standards. No genuine alternative is posed. The choice before man remains what
Similar: bandwagonism
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noun tendency to do or say the same as someone else; tendency to follow something that is trendy
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