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

But he later switched to stereo and small speakers not out of mere faddism but because they were better.

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

The narrow view of what is called Realism has been an adjunct to intellectual faddism and propagandism, and has served to sterilise literature.

From Personality in Literature by Scott-James, Rolfe Arnold