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faddist

/fad-ist/US // ˈfæd ɪst //

狂热者,狂热分子,狂热份子,狂热的人

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 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.

Examples

  • There is a vast difference, however, between the faddist and the genuine health-seeker.

  • Once a doctor who did not order wine during convalescence was looked upon as a faddist.

  • He was majoring in sociology through the advice of a faddist uncle who had never seen him.

  • But unconventional as his views may appear, it must not be thought that Ostwald is a faddist.

  • Oh, you know what a faddist she is over that Girl Scout organization!