fad
noun
a temporary fashion, notion, manner of conduct, etc., especially one followed enthusiastically by a group.
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
Another specimen of European faddism has recently caught on: a Persian rain and sun shield called the umbrella.
From Time Magazine Archive
Prosperity and faddism, suggests the A.M.A.'s Dr. Philip White, go hand in hand.
From Time Magazine Archive
Most of them are technical stunts and concessions to a faddism which has never had anything to do with the real problem of painting.
From The Galleries of the Exposition by Eugen Neuhaus
