faddists

noun

plural of faddist
as in enthusiasts

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  1. enthusiasts
  2. lovers
  3. devotees
  4. fanciers
  5. aficionados
  6. nuts
  7. junkies
  8. addicts
Noun
  • In the main vintage selling space dealers mingled with their customers, collectors with more casual enthusiasts, and influencers and editors with brand executives.
    — Luke Leitch, Vogue, 26 Oct. 2026
  • The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1974 and has become a destination for architecture enthusiasts, who, according to the Lovell grandchildren, regularly arrive by the busload to photograph and sketch it.
    — Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of enthusiasts
Noun
  • Nature lovers, artists (Ansel Adams found a muse in the Snake River), and outdoor adventurers know the gateway to Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks is more than just a winter sports destination.
    — Lindsay Cohn, Vogue, 23 Oct. 2026
  • The professionalization worked, but at the expense of the site’s internal culture, Cooke argues, as generous eccentrics were displaced by neurotic lovers of rules.
    — Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of lovers
Noun
  • For years, Bigfoot devotees cited a 1967 film clip, shot by Roger Patterson with friend Bob Gimlin, showing the creature in the wilds of Northern California as proof positive of its existence.
    — Stuart Miller, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2026
  • And yet, the dearth of Friday the 13th media in the 21st century has made devotees a bit more open-minded by necessity.
    — Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of devotees
Noun
  • The songs come with music videos directed by Young Replicant, which together form a short film about pigeon fanciers.
    — Walden Green, Pitchfork, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Local breeders, known as fanciers, would release their birds far from home and measure the time and distance covered to return.
    — Sharyn Alfonsi, CBS News, 26 Apr. 2026
Definition of fanciers
Noun
  • True crime aficionados will love this new three-part documentary series, which dives deep into the vicious divorce of Allan and Catherine Kassenoff and the custody battle that followed.
    — K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 28 Oct. 2026
  • Just a five-minute walk away, art aficionados can spend long hours wandering through the Thyssen-Bornemisza National Museum and the Prado museum, or take a stroll through El Retiro Park.
    — Erika Owen, Architectural Digest, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of aficionados
Noun
  • Healthy ingredients like nuts and fresh fruit are often just a garnish or topping.
    — Anahad O’Connor, Washington Post, 22 Oct. 2026
  • My sweet potato casserole recipe swaps the nuts for crispy, sweet-and-salty cornflakes—the marshmallows can stay.
    — Zoe Denenberg, Bon Appetit Magazine, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of nuts
Noun
  • If James Gunn’s Superman was for the classic superhero fans, James Watkins‘ Clayface is for the horror junkies.
    — Glenn Garner, Deadline, 21 Oct. 2026
  • The residents occasionally gather in a disused rec center but the meetings devolve into rants about immigrants, junkies, thugs and vigilantism.
    — Jessica Kiang, Variety, 26 Sep. 2026
Definition of junkies
Noun
  • The quicker Wendy's rids itself of the meth addicts and prison-release system workers, the sooner this brand restores order.
    — Joe Kinsey OutKick, FOXNews.com, 22 Oct. 2026
  • At its center is a youngish man named Bob Arctor, an undercover cop who starts using drugs in order to infiltrate a house full of addicts in Southern California.
    — Hilton Als, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of addicts
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