faddist

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

fad +‎ -ist

Noun[edit]

faddist (plural faddists)

  1. A person or entity given to following fads.
    He is such a fashion faddist.
    The faddist magazines have been hyping that lately.
    • 1904, J. O. Todd, “A Provincial Sanatorium for Manitoba”, in Canada Lancet, volume 37, page 262:
      In speaking thus somewhat emphatically I would not wish to be classed as a faddist on the question of sanatorial treatment because personally I am of the opinion that sanatorial institutes are not the permanencies that many would have them be in the treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis []