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  • noun The state or condition of being voguish.

Etymologies

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voguish +‎ -ness

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Examples

  • “Christians are the new gays,” more than one person told me, rolling their eyes at the condescending voguishness evangelicals are currently enjoying in Hollywood.

    Rapture Ready! Daniel Radosh 2008

  • It seems to be killing disciplines like literary criticism, where voguishness and arcane jargon have alienated the ordinary educated reader.

    The New Age of the Book Darnton, Robert 1999

  • Now, without the flourish of an exclamation mark, that sign lacks verve or at least zeitgeisty voguishness.

    NBC Los Angeles - News Top Stories 2009

  • Now, without the flourish of an exclamation mark, that sign lacks verve or at least zeitgeisty voguishness.

    NBC Los Angeles - News Top Stories 2009

  • And it is now dubbing movies into new languages such as German, cashing in on the voguishness of

    LearnHub Activities 2008

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