faddism

Example Sentences

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Vaping is a cultural punchline and a kind of shorthand for obnoxious faddism, and so, apparently, are these socks.

From Slate • Jan. 29, 2019

That made “wedges” vulnerable to faddism and footloose about the real economics.

From New York Times • Sep. 27, 2011

The new approach, they fear, could eliminate incentives to hard work and undercut liberal education with academic faddism.

From Time Magazine Archive

Prosperity and faddism, suggests the A.M.A.'s Dr. Philip White, go hand in hand.

From Time Magazine Archive

Even American books were read—a crucial test of faddism; and American curios were displayed in all the shops.

From Last of the Great Scouts : the life story of Col. William F. Cody, "Buffalo Bill" as told by his sister by Wetmore, Helen Cody