followership

noun

ˈfä-lə-wər-ˌship How to pronounce followership (audio)
Definition of followershipnext
as in audience
a group of people showing intense devotion to a cause, person, or work (as a film) the televangelist has a substantial followership in the rural South

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Recent Examples of followership The hardest part of building that followership isn't the vision. — Meghan Keough, Forbes.com, 22 Apr. 2026 This drives repeat and drives followership. — James Manso, Footwear News, 18 Nov. 2025 His style is more followership than leadership. — The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 11 Feb. 2025 There’s an essential connection between the concepts of trust, followership, and authenticity. — Jack McCullough, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for followership
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  1. audience
  2. cult
Noun
  • The series made that departure without sacrificing character depth – each member of the ensemble was given distinct motivation and a narrative arc, allowing audiences to build investment across the run.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 30 Aug. 2026
  • Closing out her inaugural Daisy Chain Fields music festival in Southern California, the 23-year-old singer-songwriter united and amplified an audience of tens of thousands.
    — Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of audience
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  • Of course, by their very definition, cult films almost always flop upon release then slowly build a devoted following whose passion seems to grow in inverse proportion to any original rejection by mainstream audiences.
    — Chris Lee, Vulture, 1 Sep. 2026
  • In the sequel, set 25 years after the 1998 cult classic, Joey King and Maisie Williams replace Evan Rachel Wood and Alexandra Artrip as the daughters of Bullock’s Sally Owens.
    — Kirsten Chuba, HollywoodReporter, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of cult

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“Followership.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/followership. Accessed 2 Sep. 2026.

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