bandwagon effect

English

Etymology

bandwagon + effect

Noun

bandwagon effect

1. (sociology) the observation that people often do or believe what they think many other people do.

Related terms

• herd behaviour
• herding instinct

Translations

bandwagon effect

• Polish: owczy pęd (pl) m
• Portuguese: efeito manada m
• Turkish: sürü etkisi, bando etkisi

References

• bandwagon effect on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• "bandwagon effect" in WordNet 2.0, Princeton University, 2003.