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Definition of Faddist
1. Noun. A person who subscribes to a variety of fads.
Specialized synonyms: Food Faddist
Derivative terms: Fad
Definition of Faddist
1. Noun. A person or entity given to following fads. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Faddist
1. a faddish person [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Faddist
Literary usage of Faddist
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Social Silhouettes by George William Erskine Russell (1906)
"CHAPTER XIV THE faddist WE have spoken of the Preacher in the pulpit and the Preacher
... In one respect, and one only, the faddist resembles the Barrister. ..."
2. The Newer Knowledge of Nutrition: The Use of Food for the Preservation of by Elmer Verner McCollum (1922)
"... Eye of the faddist in Diet.—From what has been said in earlier chapters it
will be readily understood that students of nutrition during any period ..."
3. Essays in Socialism: New and Old by Ernest Belfort Bax (1906)
"... TREACHEROUS TOLERATION AND faddist FANATICISM SOCIAL-DEMOCRACY has been
unwearied in the affirmation of its principles, not only against the present ..."
4. The New Nation: A Sketch of the Social, Political, and Economic Conditions by Percy Fritz Rowland (1903)
"Socrates was a faddist, Christianity was a fad, the steam-engine was the maddest
... The faddist is but the reformer who is thought unlikely to succeed; ..."
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