faddish
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7.4
- adjective
- /ˈfædɪʃ/
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- That's exactly why you and your ilk aren't taken seriously and why your own rants against drivers and suburbs are viewed as myopic, faddish nonsense.
- become faddish
- faddish things
I Amy coyly, but lumbering and shilly shallying are faddish.
- I Amy coyly, but lumbering and shilly shallying are faddish.
Examples
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The melding of people and environment in the landscape of lighthouses makes them key icons in place identity, and far more than faddish decor, they are symbols of national achievement, dependability under duress, hope, and even religious faith.
Academic text (2007) -
It helps to stymie fascination with whatever is faddish and expedient.
Blog text (15) -
Technology also is unfortunately faddish in the same way that sometimes we see this with food.
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For years now, it has been faddish to write about the failure of the New Social Studies movement.
Academic text (1993) -
The kya game had a faddish popularity on Earth, and her network was cashing in on that.
Fiction book (1998) -
There is a deep and growing hunger for something that is not faddish and trendy, something that is rooted in mystery and creates deep hope.
Academic text (2014) -
And scientific measures of health across populations aren't done using examinations of faddish diet trends or yesterday's news about the latest miracle food.
Blog text (15) -
Here's a staggering figure, courtesy of The Los Angeles Times: "In a faddish frenzy, no fewer than 22 film projects born of graphic novels or comics have been announced in the last six weeks."
Blog text (15) -
I have it in my head that a man who picks up on and distrusts artifice is reliably skeptical of sham; he will not run off with silly women or faddish ideas.
Academic text (2007) -
Many of the latest fashion trends are often faddish, quickly rising and falling in popularity.
Synonyms
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2.6
Popular now because it follows the current style
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3.1
Very fashionable and popular now
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5.5
Very popular and fashionable at a certain time
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7.4
A thing that is in style and popular now like clothes or hair
Fashionable for a short time like a passing trend
Slightly fashionable in a young, modern way
Antonyms
How Fashionable
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Faddish comes from the short word fad, which means 'a brief craze', plus the ending -ish meaning 'like' or 'related to'. So something faddish is fashionable or popular only for a short time.