n.
A fashion that is taken up with great enthusiasm for a brief period of time; a craze.
[Possibly from fidfad, fussy person, fussy, from FIDDLE-FADDLE.]
faddism fad'dism n.faddist fad'dist n.
faddy fad'dy adj.
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