faddism

English

Etymology

fad +‎ -ism

Noun

faddism (countable and uncountable, plural faddisms)

1. The behaviour of a faddist; following fads.
   • 1978 December 9, Mitzel, “Post-Briggs Blues”, in Gay Community News, volume 6, number 20, page 5:

     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.