fashionability

Definition of fashionabilitynext
as in popularity
the state of enjoying widespread approval doesn't regard the fashionability of his fiction as prima facie evidence that it has no literary merit

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Noun
  • The department’s shows have exploded in popularity over the past decade, in large part thanks to the involvement of former Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour, who has chaired the Met Gala since 1995.
    Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 4 May 2026
  • Helping fuel Candlelight’s popularity are the classical reinterpretations across pop, rock and jazz genres, among others.
    Kari Barnett, Sun Sentinel, 4 May 2026
Noun
  • Osmon notes that critics called the music working-class rock before heartland rock came into vogue; the terms are sometimes treated as interchangeable, but heartland rock is in much wider use.
    Jack Hamilton, The Atlantic, 28 Apr. 2026
  • That’s also the trademark of Courtney (Balenciaga) Washington, a choreographer from the worlds of competition dance and vogue ballrooms.
    Sheldon Pearce, New Yorker, 24 Apr. 2026
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  • More recently, nearby Shasta County has become a hotbed of election denialism and MAGA politics, with its Board of Supervisors voting in 2023 to end the use of Dominion Voting Systems machines in favor of pursuing a hand-counting system.
    Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2026
  • Among the commenters in favor was DJUSD Board President Hiram Jackson.
    Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 6 May 2026
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“Fashionability.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fashionability. Accessed 11 May. 2026.

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