faddist

[fad-ist]

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noun

a person following a fad or given to fads, as one who seeks and adheres briefly to a passing variety of unusual diets, beliefs, etc.

Origin of faddist

First recorded in 1880–85; fad + -ist

Related formsfad·dism, nounnon·fad·dist, noun

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Related Words for faddism

religion, ritual, faith, tone, look, form, trend, pattern, thing, shape, mode, model, fad, ceremony, admiration, veneration, idolization, creed, liturgy, devotion

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Historical Examples of faddism

Even American books were read—a crucial test of faddism; and American curios were displayed in all the shops.
Last of the Great Scouts
Helen Cody Wetmore
Faddism, instead of being merely a hunger for the new is rather an expression of the crowd-will to uniformity.
The Behavior of Crowds
Everett Dean Martin