featurism

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A focus on looks rather than skill in fashion

noun
/ˈfiːtʃərɪzəm/

: futurismo

In today's fashion industry, featurism often prioritizes a model's looks over their actual talent.

Examples

Critics argue that featurism in workplace evaluations often leads to the neglect of employees' true capabilities.
The reliance on featurism in advertising undermines the importance of a product's quality and functionality.
Some other beliefs I have stem from Moore's Law and creeping featurism driving the exponential growth in software complexity ...

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Synonyms

vanity

vsfeaturism

77 5.6

Extreme pride in how you look or what you can do

values looks more than competence or deeper qualities

foppery

vsfeaturism

Offensive

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Foolish or excessive concern with clothes and how you look

emphasizes surface looks over real skill or substantive quality

foppishness

vsfeaturism

Offensive

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A way of dressing and behaving that is very showy and vain

focuses on appearance instead of important ability or substance

vainness

vsfeaturism

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Being too proud of your appearance or abilities

places surface features above genuine skill or substantial merit

How Superficial

featurism

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ornamentation

6 4.9

nitpicky

Informal

4 7.9

simplicity

42 2.7

minimalism

6 6.5

Surface Forms

featurism singular

featurisms plural

Morphology

featurism = feature (transparent) = feature + ism

Formed from 'feature' + the productive suffix '-ism' meaning a practice or ideology, so the meaning is directly derived.

Etymology

Featurism comes from feature ('a noticeable part or look') and the ending -ism ('a practice or belief'). So featurism is the practice of giving too much value to surface looks or small details instead of real skill or substance, as often happens in fashion.