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voguish

voguish

1 7.2
Having a style many people like now
  • adjective
  • /ˈvoʊɡɪʃ/
: de moda
  • The new collection features voguish designs that appeal to young consumers.

Examples

  • Let's avoid this voguish "advocate for" expression.

    Blog text (19)
  • "Society needed to give up" the voguish reverence for youth and for the 'culturally deprived' and to stop looking to the superior wisdom of "the vulgar community."

    Academic text (1992)
  • Thus, it offers a corrective to that lively branch of our subject that, despite the voguish topic of "the gaze," has sought in recent years to exclude visibility from its discourse.

    Academic text (1990)
  • Richard Polwhele's pairing of voguish attire with Jacobinical politics in The Unsex'd Females (1798) provides a case in point:

    Academic text (2016)
  • Olodum's penetration of the voguish sector of the young adult leisure market has been accompanied by a gradual ethnic dilution because participation in the bloco requires disposable income.

    Academic text (1999)
  • Many social media influencers showcase their voguish styles on Instagram.

  • At the fashion show, models walked the runway in voguish outfits that captivated the audience.

Synonyms

in
vsvoguish
275 2.5

Popular now with many people

is about following the very latest trends rather than general popularity
fashionable
vsvoguish
80 2.6

Popular now because it follows the current style

is about matching the latest specific trends rather than broad popularity
chic
vsvoguish
77 3.5

Elegant and fashionable in a simple, modern way

is about matching current trends rather than elegant refined style
trendy
vsvoguish
70 3.1

Very fashionable and popular now

is similar but less strongly marked as very new or extreme
in style
vsvoguish
45 2.9

Like what is fashionable now

is a single-word adjective rather than a multiword phrase
smart
vsvoguish
18 2.4

Looks neat, clean, and fashionable

focuses on the latest trends and what is currently fashionable
on trend
vsvoguish
4 3.7

Fashionable and popular right now

is the single-word adjective used to describe that condition
modish
vsvoguish
1 7.4

A thing that is in style and popular now like clothes or hair

is about being fashionable generally rather than deliberate conformity
hippish
vsvoguish
  • Informal
1 8.1

Slightly fashionable in a young, modern way

is fully aligned with the latest trends rather than only partly

Antonyms

79 5.0

No longer useful or fashionable because it is old

Few people wear it now because it is not in style

How Fashionable

trendsetting
1 5.8
fashionable
80 2.6
voguish
1 7.2
stylish
78 2.0
old-fashioned
365 4.7

Surface Forms

voguish positive

Morphology

voguish = vogue (transparent) = vogue + ish

Formed by the productive suffix '-ish' added to the common noun 'vogue', yielding a clear meaning 'in the style of vogue/fashionable'.

Etymology

Voguish comes from the word vogue ('fashion') plus the ending -ish ('like' or 'in the style of'). So, to call something voguish is to say it follows the latest fashion, like the styles you see in the magazine Vogue.