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- faddishness noun
Etymology
Origin of faddish
Explanation
Something that's faddish is in style, often for a brief length of time. Flapper dresses and bobbed hair were faddish in the 1920's, and long hair and bell bottoms were faddish in the 1960's and 70's. Among elementary school kids, it was faddish in the early 2000's to collect and trade Pokemon cards. The adjective faddish comes from the word fad, which was coined in the 1880's, either from fiddle-faddle or from the Latin word for "stupid," fatuus.
Vocabulary lists containing faddish
Example Sentences
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Emotional spending can be volatile, faddish, and heavily driven by social media hype.
From Barron's • Apr. 11, 2026
But some say the once-hot idea of tokenizing collectibles has lost its faddish appeal.
From MarketWatch • Dec. 9, 2025
Far from frivolous or faddish, Charlotte was the kind of hyperefficient co-worker whose organizational skills—her color coding alone!—dazzled and shamed me when we worked together in the ’90s.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 7, 2025
Westminster has long faced protests from animal rights activists who view the competition as a deplorable canine beauty contest fueling faddish puppy buying and reckless breeding.
From Seattle Times • May 10, 2024
There was to be nothing faddish or unreasonable about it: wine should circulate in its accustomed manner at dinner; but here, once and for all, was the end of trays brought to Lord Tintagel's study.
From Across the Stream by Benson, Edward Frederic
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