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

Another specimen of European faddism has recently caught on: a Persian rain and sun shield called the umbrella.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

From Time Magazine Archive

In abhorring jewellery, in preferring white cashmere shirts, and strictly limiting the amount of starch in the thin linen cuffs and collars, perhaps he showed a tendency to faddism.

From The Dop Doctor by Dehan, Richard