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démodé

American  
[day-maw-day] / deɪ mɔˈdeɪ /

adjective

French.
  1. no longer in fashion; out of date; outmoded.


démodé British  
/ demɔde /

adjective

  1. out of fashion; outmoded

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of démodé

French, from dé- out of + mode style, fashion


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The one-story house, on a modest acreage, is of off-white brick, in French country style—subtly different from French provincial, which has become démodé.

From Golf Digest ● Mar. 26, 2020

Freudian analyses are démodé today, partly because Freud, a conspiracy theorist of the mind, had problems separating scientific reason from hokum.

From The New Yorker ● Jul. 9, 2015

And for many modern women, that concept is démodé.

From New York Times ● Jul. 2, 2012

Miller continued to work through the 90s, but he seemed ancien regime as glamour became démodé in television.

From The Guardian ● Jun. 12, 2012

Shirts, if worn, are neutral in tint; white ones are quite démodé.

From In the Ranks of the C.I.V. by Erskine Childers

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