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faddism

  • a word derived from fad.
  • a word derived from faddist.

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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

The new approach, they fear, could eliminate incentives to hard work and undercut liberal education with academic faddism.

From Time Magazine Archive

Prosperity and faddism, suggests the A.M.A.'s Dr. Philip White, go hand in hand.

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