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- adjective Resembling a
lemming or some aspect of one, especially a propensity to follow blindly after aleader .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Curious at their lemminglike abandonment of the party, I put my plate down and followed, dragging a reluctant Ethan with me.
My Fair Succubi Jill Myles 2011
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Curious at their lemminglike abandonment of the party, I put my plate down and followed, dragging a reluctant Ethan with me.
My Fair Succubi Jill Myles 2011
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Curious at their lemminglike abandonment of the party, I put my plate down and followed, dragging a reluctant Ethan with me.
My Fair Succubi Jill Myles 2011
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It would appear that the recession — or “the reception” as my malapropism-prone pal Milly De Cabrol, the interior-decorating genius, keeps calling it — has increased, rather than decreased, the lemminglike stampede into the World of Fashion.
The Blond and the Short of It: Rachel Zoe Poaches My Fashion Week Klieg Lights 2009
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It means dutiful obedience, with the faintest allusion to lemminglike behavior.
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We appear prepared to follow the precepts of free trade wherever they lead us, even if that means plunging lemminglike to our economic ruin.
"As an economist, I am supposed to have something intelligent to say about the current financial crisis." Ann Althouse 2008
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Anything to wake whites up from their “lemminglike” daze.
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Her words seemed to galvanize Nathan, for he suddenly started forwards, calling, “Kit, wait!” and they all followed after him, lemminglike.
Dreaming of the Bones Deborah Crombie 1997
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So is concern over man's lemminglike multiplication in numbers and the way his technology and his expansionism are gobbling up things quiet and graceful and eternal -- things he needs.
The Nation's River A report on the Potomac from the U.S. Department of the Interior United States. Dept. of the Interior.
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Had I taken the lemminglike course that some of you do, I would not have the wealth that I have today.
BlueOregon 2009
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