bandwagoning

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Etymology

From bandwagon +‎ -ing.

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Noun

bandwagoning (uncountable)

  1. (politics) The practice of joining the prevailing side.
    • 2016 November 21, Jon Emont, “Asia Awaits the Trump Era”, in The Atlantic:
      But large, powerful states that refuse to submit to China have little interest in bandwagoning. For them, it is a question of balancing: Dealing with America’s potential absence by building up alternative paths of resistance to China—stronger alliances with others threatened by China’s rise, or upgrading domestic defense capabilities to resist China, absent U.S. assistance.