faddist

noun

fad·​dist -də̇st 

plural -s

: one that is inclined to take up fads

the literary faddists —those people who affect newness of manner

—Lodwick Hartley

often : one that enthusiastically accepts and practices quack notions

food faddists who like to live on strangely restricted diets

—Morris Fishbein

faddistic

(ˈ)fa¦distik, 

(ˈ)faa¦-

adjective

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