followership

English

Alternative forms

• follower-ship

Etymology

From follower +‎ -ship.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: fol‧low‧er‧ship

Noun

followership (countable and uncountable, plural followerships)

1. An adherence to a leader.
   • 2007 October 9, George Osborne MP (in the Tory Opposition), “Pre-Budget Report and Comprehensive Spending Review”, in Hansard‎^[1]:

     The Prime Minister talks about setting out his vision of the country, but he has to wait for us to tell him what it is. That is not leadership of this country — it is followership, Prime Minister. It is not strong, Prime Minister, it is weak.

2. A group of followers.