followershipn.
/ˈfɒləʊəʃɪp/, U.S. /ˈfɑloʊərˌʃɪp/ The action or activity of following or supporting. Also: a group of followers or supporters, a following. Opposed to leadership which is much more common.
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1867 Scotsman 18 Apr. Mr Gladstone has failed through bad leadership, as distinguished from bad followership.
1889 Open Court 2 May 1597/2 Mr. George has a great followership.
1949 J. Chesky et al. Desert People App. 257 Being victimized seems to play a very important role and to be an indispensable device in assuring close followership in militantly sociocentric groups.
1971 W. Lazer Marketing Managem. i. ii. 40 There are problems of determining the proper amount of structure, centralized or decentralized authority, strategies of leadership or followership, and organizational change and growth.
2018 G. Toma in B. Avieson et al. Mediating Memory iii. xi. 185 The blogger's growing digital audience..speaks to her ability of convincingly telling everyday life stories to a loyal followership.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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