Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A disposition to fads or whims.
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- noun The state or condition of being
faddish .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Above I was talking about building a wildcat - so "faddishness" is no concern to me, and playing with different cartridges is definatly one of my hobbies.
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Above I was talking about building a wildcat - so "faddishness" is no concern to me, and playing with different cartridges is definatly one of my hobbies.
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According to Allan Peterkin, the author of "One Thousand Beards: A Cultural History of Facial Hair," whiskers are taboo in arenas in which faddishness is frowned on and the appearance of transparency is prized.
Read My Furry Lip Ruth Graham 2010
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I know that faddishness is a phase of adolescence, and writers have a writing adolescence they must get through as well.
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I know that faddishness is a phase of adolescence, and writers have a writing adolescence they must get through as well.
SeeLight: 2006
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He acknowledged both the difficulties of scaling his operation and the seeming faddishness at the current outrage over public education: "we're close, but we're still just 'cute.'"
Steve Barr At Big Task Weekend: We're Close, But We're Still Just 'Cute' Huffington Post 2010
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He acknowledged both the difficulties of scaling his operation and the seeming faddishness at the current outrage over public education: "we're close, but we're still just 'cute.'"
Steve Barr At Big Task Weekend: We're Close, But We're Still Just 'Cute' The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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He acknowledged both the difficulties of scaling his operation and the seeming faddishness at the current outrage over public education: "we're close, but we're still just 'cute.'"
Steve Barr At Big Task Weekend: We're Close, But We're Still Just 'Cute' Huffington Post 2010
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The dance tracks are chic and don't pound you over the head with their faddishness, and the mid-tempos like the Akon collaboration "Like I Never Left" exude a sweetness that helps offset the brutality of her voice.
fourfour: 2009
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Sometimes, for reasons not entirely clear, I get warm fuzzy thoughts that we hunters and anglers - by dint of our rugged individualism, our pragmatism and our vast reserves of good, old-fashioned common sense - are somehow immune to the ever-changing winds of faddishness and gimmickry.
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