as in fashionable
enjoying widespread favor or approval
a faddish novelist who impressed some critics, at least for a time
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Recent Examples of faddish
Until the start of the seventies and especially throughout the fifties, Fiedler was discerning without being snobbish, avant-garde without being faddish.
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Becca Rothfeld,
New Yorker,
1 June 2026
And for reasons that will soon be made clear, some of the peptides that make their way into the faddish and often gray-market concoctions have what appear to be Yiddish names.
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Asaf Elia-Shalev,
Sun Sentinel,
21 Apr. 2026
What is new, however, is the scale, accessibility, and uptake of faddish pharmaceuticals.
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Nicholas Florko,
The Atlantic,
16 Mar. 2026
Becca Rothfeld,
New Yorker,
1 June 2026
And for reasons that will soon be made clear, some of the peptides that make their way into the faddish and often gray-market concoctions have what appear to be Yiddish names.
—
Asaf Elia-Shalev,
Sun Sentinel,
21 Apr. 2026
What is new, however, is the scale, accessibility, and uptake of faddish pharmaceuticals.
—
Nicholas Florko,
The Atlantic,
16 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for faddish
Adjective
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Cool, fashionable girls are wearing track pants this season.
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The easiest way to make a jersey feel fashionable is by paying attention to proportions.
Adjective
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In this sequence, human Lestat is a popular stage actor in Paris, and Magnus is a Perfect Blue-style greasy-haired stalker at the stage door.
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According to The Associated Press, police identified the five other people as Gaspar Prim Díaz, a popular Argentine YouTuber known as Gaspi; another Argentine, Lucas Vignale; and Brazilians Lucas Brito, Charles Marsillac and Alexandre Souza.
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Whether spread on warm pancakes, melted onto corn on the cob, baked into our favorite cakes, cookies and pies or enjoyed atop fresh bread, both have earned a permanent place in many kitchens.
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Surprisingly, buyers' favorite colors this year go beyond plain white, with certain hues helping rooms feel larger, calmer, and easier to imagine living in.
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“Faddish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/faddish. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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