1
as in fashionableness
the quality or state of being fashionable
when it comes to clothes, she prefers modesty to modishness
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as in popularity
the state of enjoying widespread approval
the modishness of that hairstyle is now so transparent that the really hip people have moved on to something else
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for modishness
Noun
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Trump, in other words, is at or near an all-time high in popularity.—
G. Elliott Morris,
ABC News,
13 Jan. 2025 -
With an increase in popularity, Thomas also had to deal with some strangeness.—
Ryan Gaydos,
Fox News,
13 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Erivo’s creation featured an abstract print that embodies casual elegance.—
Robyn Mowatt,
Essence,
10 Jan. 2025
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This British brand’s collection honors wisdom, elegance, adaptability and intelligence, which are attributed to the snake in the Chinese zodiac.—
Ty Gaskins,
WWD,
10 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Neutrality about dressing political figures may be becoming more in vogue, or maybe designers are just busy.—
Rosemary Feitelberg,
WWD,
9 Jan. 2025
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Buckle-front Cardigan $40 at Amazon From bows to buckles, unconventional cardigan closures are in vogue right now.—
Olivia Young,
Travel + Leisure,
8 Jan. 2025
Noun
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The style felt like a vintage find from the 1940s, but with modern construction.—
Shelby Wax,
Vogue,
14 Jan. 2025
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All three designs adhered to modernist principles, using concrete as the main building material and rejecting the highly ornate styles that had dominated architectural design for centuries.—
Ashley Gardini,
JSTOR Daily,
14 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Partisanship and hipness seemed, ever so briefly, compatible.—
Spencer Kornhaber,
The Atlantic,
28 Oct. 2024
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But there’s not a smack of hipness here, and Jalali is not on a quest for cool.—
Anthony Lane,
The New Yorker,
18 Aug. 2023
Noun
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The association of certain places and people with certain foods can bring as much favor to the former as to the latter.—
John Mariani,
Forbes,
8 Jan. 2025
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Nor does Coppola do her lead or the film any favors by continually cutting away to slo-mo scenes of Anderson twirling around outside and staring forlornly at the horizon, which gives off heavy student-film vibes.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
8 Jan. 2025
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“Modishness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/modishness. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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