English Dictionary

me-tooism

IPA（発音記号）

/miːˈtuːɪz(ə)m/

名詞

可算名詞 軽蔑的 くだけた表現 不可算名詞 広義

(politics) The act of following or taking on a policy of another (especially competing) person or political party.

日本語の意味

他者、特に競合する政治家・政党の政策に追随する行為 / 他人の政策を模倣・採用する現象 / 追従政治、つまり他者の政策に従う行動

Critics accused the opposition of me-tooism after it adopted almost the same tax plan as the government.

批評家たちは、野党が政府とほとんど同じ税制案を採用した後、政策の模倣だと非難した。

意味（1）

(politics) The act of following or taking on a policy of another (especially competing) person or political party.

Next week's programme is one of peculiar interest. The following questions are announced for debate: The origin of Me-tooism in politics and Too-tooism in æsthetics, with reference to the study of modern history.

意味（2）

(by extension) The tendency to do or say the same as somebody else; the tendency to follow something that is trendy.

In socialist societies, there is a ‘me tooism’, a complex which startles the sensitive observer. Here despite social controls, the cities rise like jungles, the traffic jams are consciously sought, and so are the wasteful standards. No genuine alternative is posed. The choice before man remains what it has always been—conform or perish.

me-tooisms （ plural ）