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

A fruitful wedding of faith, faddism and free enterprise was not long in coming.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

From Time Magazine Archive

It will be seen that the education of the Humboldts was what the Boylston Professor of English at Harvard calls "faddism, or the successful effort at flabbiness."

From Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 12 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Scientists by Hubbard, Elbert