me-tooism

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.

Senator [Arthur] Vandenberg answered critics who say the bipartisan foreign policy has produced mere Republican “me tooism” with the assertion that unity is vital if any policy is to get results. He declared: “If that's ‘me tooism’, then any unity is me tooism.”

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.

One of the things that characterizes the snack food industry in the United States is the sense of “metooism” that generally pervades the product mix. Though there might be slight variations in flavors, there is a sameness in virtually every snack company's line, starting with potato chips and ending with popped pork rinds.