bandwagon effect

Noun bandwagon effect has 1 sense

• bandwagon effect(n = noun.phenomenon) - the phenomenon of a popular trend attracting even greater popularity; "in periods of high merger activity there is a bandwagon effect with more and more firms seeking to engage in takeover activity"; "polls are accused of creating a bandwagon effect to benefit their candidate"
is a kind of consequence, effect, event, issue, outcome, result, upshot