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faddist

[ fad-ist ]

noun

  1. a person following a fad or given to fads, as one who seeks and adheres briefly to a passing variety of unusual diets, beliefs, etc.


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Other Word Forms

  • ڲd noun
  • ԴDz·ڲd noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of faddist1

First recorded in 1880–85; fad + -ist
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Example Sentences

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I knew that I was a mark for any faddist who came along, but I tried to chart my symptoms, to treat myself like a lab subject.

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We knew who to thank: the health-food faddists who had taken an active dislike to gluten.

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When we consider the importance of both digestibility and non-digestibility in our diets, some of the scientific holes in prevailing food faddist arguments are exposed as well.

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I like both coffee and butter, but this Bulletproof Coffee is more food faddist nonsense.

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But, she added, “he expends unlimited mockery upon the anti-germ faddists and carries their theories to absurdity in practice.”

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