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coattails effect

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from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun (politics) the consequence of one popular candidate in an election drawing votes for other members of the same political party

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hypernyms (7)

Words that are more generic or abstract

  1. consequence
  2. effect
  3. event
  4. issue
  5. outcome
  6. result
  7. upshot

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