ˈtrendiness
[f. trendy a. + -ness.]
The uncritical following of fashionable modes of thought, dress, etc.; the quality of being trendy.
| 1966 Guardian 11 Oct. 6/2 Trendiness seemed worse than going to the common hordes. 1968 Listener 26 Dec. 871/2 Its breathless combination of trendiness and self⁓righteousness. Admittedly, How It Is is not alone in turning civil rights, say, into a fashion; and fashion..into a tyranny. 1972 J. McClure Caterpillar Cop iii. 42 The homes..were modest bungalows succumbing..to an ill-becoming trendiness; bright colours had been painted over the exterior woodwork. 1974 Economist 5 Jan. 13/1 As a result of yesterday's trendinesses, we have now created in the developed world an unfortunate excess of both birth control devices and anti-pollution controls. 1982 S. Radley Talent for Destruction x. 70 Indeed he is! A very popular Rector, I put it down to the fact that he's not trendy. Trendiness doesn't do in a parish like Breckham Market. |