Meanings
plural faddisms
- countableuncountableThe behaviour of a faddist; following fads.
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Once made Respectable, opposition to Prop. 6 finds us using our energies on a liberal cause, and anyone hesitant to commit himself or herself for structural reasons seems like a sour fart amidst the ballyhoo. We find ourselves once again fighting a reactionary on his terms. Our own Civics Class lectures from our "educations" become maps for actions: rallies, debates, celebrity endorsements, competitive fund-raising, publicity, getting caught up in the enervating faddism of "issues," without ever reaching the substance.
1978 December 9, Mitzel, “Post-Briggs Blues”, in Gay Community News, volume 6, number 20, page 5
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faddism. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/faddism
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