fashion en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈfɛʃ.ən/ (New-Zealand)
- /ˈfæʃ.ən/ (Australia, Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
- [ˈfæʃn̩] (Australia, Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
- (California) audio
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English facioun, from Anglo-Norman fechoun (compare Jersey Norman faichon), variant of Old French faceon, fazon, façon (“fashion, form, make, outward appearance”), from Latin factiō (“a making”), from faciō (“do, make”); see fact. Doublet of faction.
Meanings
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(countable) A current (constantly changing) trend, favored for frivolous rather than practical, logical, or intellectual reasons.
The huge square box, parquet-floored and high-ceilinged, had been arranged to display a suite of bedroom furniture designed and made in the halcyon days of the last quarter of the nineteenth century, when modish taste was just due to go clean out of fashion for the best part of the next hundred years.
1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 1, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:
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(uncountable) Popular trends, especially in clothing; the industry that designs clothing and sometimes other related items.
the innocent diversions in fashion
1693, [John Locke], “§208”, in Some Thoughts Concerning Education, London: […] A[wnsham] and J[ohn] Churchill, […], →OCLC:Check out the latest in fashion.
He had always been interested in fashion, so he decided to take a sewing class.
As now existing, fashion is a form of social regulation analogous to constitutional government as a form of political regulation: displaying, as it does, a compromise between governmental coercion and individual freedom.
1900 [1879], Herbert Spencer, Principles of Sociology, volume II, part IV: Ceremonial Institutions, page 215:
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(countable) A style or manner in which something is done.
It shell-shocked the home crowd, who quickly demanded a response, which came midway through the half and in emphatic fashion.
2011 October 1, Phil Dawkes, “Sunderland 2 - 2 West Brom”, in BBC Sport:When it had advanced from the wood, it hopped much after the fashion of a kangaroo, using its hind feet and tail to propel it, and when it stood erect, it sat upon its tail.
1918 September–November, Edgar Rice Burroughs, “The Land That Time Forgot”, in The Blue Book Magazine, Chicago, Ill.: Story-press Corp., →OCLC; republished as chapter V, in Hugo Gernsback, editor, Amazing Stories, (please specify |part=I to III), New York, N.Y.: Experimenter Publishing, 1927, →OCLC:the fashion of the ark, of a coat, of a house, of an altar, etc.
Ophelia: My lord, he hath importuned me with love in honourable fashion. Lord Polonius: Ay, fashion you may call it; go to, go to.
c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii]:
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(countable, uncountable) The make or form of anything; the style, shape, appearance, or mode of structure; pattern, model; workmanship; execution.
I do not like the fashion of your garments.
c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene vi]:The fashion of his countenance was altered.
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Luke 9:29:My word! Well, you should have my colorful fashions to thank.
2020 December 25, Chris Van Dusen, “Diamond of the First Water”, in Bridgerton, season 1, episode 1, spoken by Lady Portia Featherington:
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(countable, dated, uncountable) Polite, fashionable, or genteel life; social position; good breeding.
men of fashion
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| fashions | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| fascion | alternative, obsolete | lexicographic |
Deriveds
fast fashion · fashion designer · slave to fashion · antifashion · shipshape and Bristol fashion · fashion model · fashionist · out of fashion · Bristol fashion and shipshape · fashion-forward · after a fashion · Lolita fashion · fast-fashion · fashional · tailor-fashion · fashion police · doggy fashion · alternative fashion · fashionless · fashionese · parrot fashion · fashion doll · fashion contest · fashion statement · fashionmonger · fashion parade · fashion house · fashion sense · trashion · J-fashion · antifashionable · circular fashion · fashiony · in fashion · retrofashion · fashion plate · fashionista · fashion victim · fashionwear · fashion piece · fatshion · fashionably · fashion week · so fashion · slow fashion · woman-fashion · clean fashion · fashion-conscious · fashionable · fashionwise · fashion design · fashionize · like it's going out of fashion · fashion show · cyberfashion · old-fashioned · woman fashion · fashioncore · nonfashion · fashion tape · high fashion · old-fashion · fashionism · lolita fashion · new-fashioned · ultra-fast fashion
Descendants
ஃபேஷன் · fasin · 패션 · ファッション · fasin · แฟชั่น · ဖက်ရှင် · ফ্যাশন · fashion · फ़ैशन · ફેશન · feshene · ffasiwn · fashion · fesen · fasan · faisean · فیشن · fesyen
Relateds
factory · factorial · faction · factional · factor · fact
Translations (197)
pt moda (current (constantly changing) trend, favored for frivolous rather than practical, logical, or intellectual reasons) · tr tarz (style, or manner, in which to do something) · ckb مۆدە (current (constantly changing) trend, favored for frivolous rather than practical, logical, or intellectual reasons) · bg мо́да (current (constantly changing) trend, favored for frivolous rather than practical, logical, or intellectual reasons) · el μέθοδος (style, or manner, in which to do something) · th แฟชั่น (current (constantly changing) trend, favored for frivolous rather than practical, logical, or intellectual reasons) · ps موډ (current (constantly changing) trend, favored for frivolous rather than practical, logical, or intellectual reasons) · tr moda (current (constantly changing) trend, favored for frivolous rather than practical, logical, or intellectual reasons) · as ফেছন (current (constantly changing) trend, favored for frivolous rather than practical, logical, or intellectual reasons) · arz مودة (current (constantly changing) trend, favored for frivolous rather than practical, logical, or intellectual reasons) · sv fason (style, or manner, in which to do something) · tk biçim (current (constantly changing) trend, favored for frivolous rather than practical, logical, or intellectual reasons) · ota طور (style, or manner, in which to do something) · az dəb (current (constantly changing) trend, favored for frivolous rather than practical, logical, or intellectual reasons) · ar مُودَة (current (constantly changing) trend, favored for frivolous rather than practical, logical, or intellectual reasons) · ht mòd (current (constantly changing) trend, favored for frivolous rather than practical, logical, or intellectual reasons) · grc τρόπος (style, or manner, in which to do something) · gl moda (current (constantly changing) trend, favored for frivolous rather than practical, logical, or intellectual reasons) · ga faisean (current (constantly changing) trend, favored for frivolous rather than practical, logical, or intellectual reasons) · ar مُوضَة (current (constantly changing) trend, favored for frivolous rather than practical, logical, or intellectual reasons) · hu módi (current (constantly changing) trend, favored for frivolous rather than practical, logical, or intellectual reasons) · bn ফ্যাশন (current (constantly changing) trend, favored for frivolous rather than practical, logical, or intellectual reasons) · tg мод (current (constantly changing) trend, favored for frivolous rather than practical, logical, or intellectual reasons) · cs móda (current (constantly changing) trend, favored for frivolous rather than practical, logical, or intellectual reasons) · fi trendi (popular trends) · uk мо́да (popular trends) · ko 패션 (current (constantly changing) trend, favored for frivolous rather than practical, logical, or intellectual reasons) · bg мо́да (popular trends) · es modo (style, or manner, in which to do something) · yue 時興 /时兴 (current (constantly changing) trend, favored for frivolous rather than practical, logical, or intellectual reasons) · pt modo (style, or manner, in which to do something) · pt maneira (style, or manner, in which to do something) · cmn 時尚 /时尚 (popular trends) · el νεωτερισμός (current (constantly changing) trend, favored for frivolous rather than practical, logical, or intellectual reasons) · kmr mode (current (constantly changing) trend, favored for frivolous rather than practical, logical, or intellectual reasons) · mn моод (current (constantly changing) trend, favored for frivolous rather than practical, logical, or intellectual reasons) · st feshene (style, or manner, in which to do something) · pl sposób (style, or manner, in which to do something) · pl styl (style, or manner, in which to do something) · mk мода (current (constantly changing) trend, favored for frivolous rather than practical, logical, or intellectual reasons) · et mood (style, or manner, in which to do something) · sv stil (style, or manner, in which to do something) · af mode (current (constantly changing) trend, favored for frivolous rather than practical, logical, or intellectual reasons) · cmn 時裝 /时装 (current (constantly changing) trend, favored for frivolous rather than practical, logical, or intellectual reasons) · it stile (style, or manner, in which to do something) · si විලාසිතා (current (constantly changing) trend, favored for frivolous rather than practical, logical, or intellectual reasons) · ro modă (current (constantly changing) trend, favored for frivolous rather than practical, logical, or intellectual reasons) · af styl (style, or manner, in which to do something) · ja 流行 (current (constantly changing) trend, favored for frivolous rather than practical, logical, or intellectual reasons) · ur فَیشَن (current (constantly changing) trend, favored for frivolous rather than practical, logical, or intellectual reasons) · ky мода (current (constantly changing) trend, favored for frivolous rather than practical, logical, or intellectual reasons) · cmn 時興 /时兴 (current (constantly changing) trend, favored for frivolous rather than practical, logical, or intellectual reasons) · id mode (current (constantly changing) trend, favored for frivolous rather than practical, logical, or intellectual reasons) · es moda (current (constantly changing) trend, favored for frivolous rather than practical, logical, or intellectual reasons) · id mode (popular trends) · as ঢং (style, or manner, in which to do something) · io modo (popular trends) · it tendenza (popular trends) · ro manieră (style, or manner, in which to do something) · ca moda (current (constantly changing) trend, favored for frivolous rather than practical, logical, or intellectual reasons) · bn রেওয়াজ (current (constantly changing) trend, favored for frivolous rather than practical, logical, or intellectual reasons) · fr vogue (current (constantly changing) trend, favored for frivolous rather than practical, logical, or intellectual reasons) · lt mada (current (constantly changing) trend, favored for frivolous rather than practical, logical, or intellectual reasons) · lo ແຟຊັ້ນ (current (constantly changing) trend, favored for frivolous rather than practical, logical, or intellectual reasons) · el μόδα (popular trends) · ka მოდა (current (constantly changing) trend, favored for frivolous rather than practical, logical, or intellectual reasons) · rue мо́да (current (constantly changing) trend, favored for frivolous rather than practical, logical, or intellectual reasons) · id fesyen (popular trends) · da mode (current (constantly changing) trend, favored for frivolous rather than practical, logical, or intellectual reasons) · fr façon (style, or manner, in which to do something) · pdt Tracht (style, or manner, in which to do something) · fi muoti (current (constantly changing) trend, favored for frivolous rather than practical, logical, or intellectual reasons) · sh móda (popular trends) · ota یول (style, or manner, in which to do something) · ms fesyen (current (constantly changing) trend, favored for frivolous rather than practical, logical, or intellectual reasons) · az moda (current (constantly changing) trend, favored for frivolous rather than practical, logical, or intellectual reasons) · tg муд (current (constantly changing) trend, favored for frivolous rather than practical, logical, or intellectual reasons) · nn mote (current (constantly changing) trend, favored for frivolous rather than practical, logical, or intellectual reasons) · hy նորաձեւություն (current (constantly changing) trend, favored for frivolous rather than practical, logical, or intellectual reasons) · el μόδα (current (constantly changing) trend, favored for frivolous rather than practical, logical, or intellectual reasons) · mi tāera (popular trends) · vi thời trang (current (constantly changing) trend, favored for frivolous rather than practical, logical, or intellectual reasons) · vi mốt (current (constantly changing) trend, favored for frivolous rather than practical, logical, or intellectual reasons) · uz moda (current (constantly changing) trend, favored for frivolous rather than practical, logical, or intellectual reasons) · el συρμός (current (constantly changing) trend, favored for frivolous rather than practical, logical, or intellectual reasons) · io enmoda (current (constantly changing) trend, favored for frivolous rather than practical, logical, or intellectual reasons) · eo modo (popular trends) · cy ffasiwn (popular trends) · et stiil (style, or manner, in which to do something) · sl moda (current (constantly changing) trend, favored for frivolous rather than practical, logical, or intellectual reasons) · de Stil (style, or manner, in which to do something) · bn চল (current (constantly changing) trend, favored for frivolous rather than practical, logical, or intellectual reasons) · el τρόπος (style, or manner, in which to do something) · hu módi (popular trends) · et mood (popular trends) · ru мо́да (popular trends) · ro mod (style, or manner, in which to do something) · ca moda (popular trends) · arz موضة (current (constantly changing) trend, favored for frivolous rather than practical, logical, or intellectual reasons) · nb mote (current (constantly changing) trend, favored for frivolous rather than practical, logical, or intellectual reasons) · as ধুন (current (constantly changing) trend, favored for frivolous rather than practical, logical, or intellectual reasons) · ru стиль (style, or manner, in which to do something) · tl moda (popular trends) · mi pēheatanga (style, or manner, in which to do something) · et komme (style, or manner, in which to do something) · ps مود (current (constantly changing) trend, favored for frivolous rather than practical, logical, or intellectual reasons) · fa-ira فَشُن (current (constantly changing) trend, favored for frivolous rather than practical, logical, or intellectual reasons) · alt чӱм (current (constantly changing) trend, favored for frivolous rather than practical, logical, or intellectual reasons) · sh мо́да (popular trends) · ta ஒய்யாரம் (current (constantly changing) trend, favored for frivolous rather than practical, logical, or intellectual reasons) · ko 류행 (current (constantly changing) trend, favored for frivolous rather than practical, logical, or intellectual reasons) · cmn 時尚 /时尚 (current (constantly changing) trend, favored for frivolous rather than practical, logical, or intellectual reasons) · my ဖက်ရှင် (current (constantly changing) trend, favored for frivolous rather than practical, logical, or intellectual reasons) · af mode (popular trends) · mn загвар (current (constantly changing) trend, favored for frivolous rather than practical, logical, or intellectual reasons) · tk moda (current (constantly changing) trend, favored for frivolous rather than practical, logical, or intellectual reasons) · eo modo (current (constantly changing) trend, favored for frivolous rather than practical, logical, or intellectual reasons) · eo fasono (popular trends) · it moda (current (constantly changing) trend, favored for frivolous rather than practical, logical, or intellectual reasons) · st feshene (popular trends) · nl mode (current (constantly changing) trend, favored for frivolous rather than practical, logical, or intellectual reasons) · hi फ़ैशन (current (constantly changing) trend, favored for frivolous rather than practical, logical, or intellectual reasons) · st feshene (current (constantly changing) trend, favored for frivolous rather than practical, logical, or intellectual reasons) · ko 유행 (current (constantly changing) trend, favored for frivolous rather than practical, logical, or intellectual reasons) · prs فَشَن (current (constantly changing) trend, favored for frivolous rather than practical, logical, or intellectual reasons) · sk móda (current (constantly changing) trend, favored for frivolous rather than practical, logical, or intellectual reasons) · uk мо́да (current (constantly changing) trend, favored for frivolous rather than practical, logical, or intellectual reasons) · bg мание́р (style, or manner, in which to do something) · es moda (popular trends) · pl moda (current (constantly changing) trend, favored for frivolous rather than practical, logical, or intellectual reasons) · ro modă (popular trends) · fi tapa (style, or manner, in which to do something) · crh mot (popular trends) · ta ஃபேஷன் (current (constantly changing) trend, favored for frivolous rather than practical, logical, or intellectual reasons) · it maniera (style, or manner, in which to do something) · nb mote (popular trends) · ckb چەشن (style, or manner, in which to do something) · be мо́да (current (constantly changing) trend, favored for frivolous rather than practical, logical, or intellectual reasons) · ru мо́да (current (constantly changing) trend, favored for frivolous rather than practical, logical, or intellectual reasons) · sv mode (popular trends) · tl moda (current (constantly changing) trend, favored for frivolous rather than practical, logical, or intellectual reasons) · ru фасо́н (style, or manner, in which to do something) · sv skick (style, or manner, in which to do something) · ja ファッション (current (constantly changing) trend, favored for frivolous rather than practical, logical, or intellectual reasons) · cy ffasiwn (current (constantly changing) trend, favored for frivolous rather than practical, logical, or intellectual reasons) · bg на́чин (style, or manner, in which to do something) · gl moda (popular trends) · nn mote (popular trends) · km ម៉ូត (current (constantly changing) trend, favored for frivolous rather than practical, logical, or intellectual reasons) · lv mode (current (constantly changing) trend, favored for frivolous rather than practical, logical, or intellectual reasons) · es fashion (popular trends) · gsw Fasung (style, or manner, in which to do something) · it modo (style, or manner, in which to do something) · fi muoti-ilmiö (popular trends) · nan-hbl 時式 /时式 (current (constantly changing) trend, favored for frivolous rather than practical, logical, or intellectual reasons) · it voga (current (constantly changing) trend, favored for frivolous rather than practical, logical, or intellectual reasons) · hy մոդա (current (constantly changing) trend, favored for frivolous rather than practical, logical, or intellectual reasons) · cmn 方式 (style, or manner, in which to do something) · pt moda (popular trends) · ru мане́ра (style, or manner, in which to do something) · yi מאָדע (current (constantly changing) trend, favored for frivolous rather than practical, logical, or intellectual reasons) · pt jeito (style, or manner, in which to do something) · tg мӯд (current (constantly changing) trend, favored for frivolous rather than practical, logical, or intellectual reasons) · ps فېشن (current (constantly changing) trend, favored for frivolous rather than practical, logical, or intellectual reasons) · afb موضة (current (constantly changing) trend, favored for frivolous rather than practical, logical, or intellectual reasons) · hu divat (popular trends) · fo móti (current (constantly changing) trend, favored for frivolous rather than practical, logical, or intellectual reasons) · crh moda (current (constantly changing) trend, favored for frivolous rather than practical, logical, or intellectual reasons) · sq modë (current (constantly changing) trend, favored for frivolous rather than practical, logical, or intellectual reasons) · de Mode (popular trends) · de Mode (current (constantly changing) trend, favored for frivolous rather than practical, logical, or intellectual reasons) · hu divat (current (constantly changing) trend, favored for frivolous rather than practical, logical, or intellectual reasons) · ms fesyen (style, or manner, in which to do something) · af mode (style, or manner, in which to do something) · sv sätt (style, or manner, in which to do something) · fr mode (current (constantly changing) trend, favored for frivolous rather than practical, logical, or intellectual reasons) · he אופנה \ אָפְנָה (current (constantly changing) trend, favored for frivolous rather than practical, logical, or intellectual reasons) · mi tāera (style, or manner, in which to do something) · fa-ira مُد (current (constantly changing) trend, favored for frivolous rather than practical, logical, or intellectual reasons) · kk сән (current (constantly changing) trend, favored for frivolous rather than practical, logical, or intellectual reasons) · ug مودا (current (constantly changing) trend, favored for frivolous rather than practical, logical, or intellectual reasons) · ja 流行り (current (constantly changing) trend, favored for frivolous rather than practical, logical, or intellectual reasons) · grc σχέσις (style, or manner, in which to do something) · fi muoti (popular trends) · es fashion (current (constantly changing) trend, favored for frivolous rather than practical, logical, or intellectual reasons) · crh mot (current (constantly changing) trend, favored for frivolous rather than practical, logical, or intellectual reasons) · nrf mode (current (constantly changing) trend, favored for frivolous rather than practical, logical, or intellectual reasons) · sv mode (current (constantly changing) trend, favored for frivolous rather than practical, logical, or intellectual reasons) · kk мода (current (constantly changing) trend, favored for frivolous rather than practical, logical, or intellectual reasons) · pl moda (popular trends) · is tíska (current (constantly changing) trend, favored for frivolous rather than practical, logical, or intellectual reasons) · ru спо́соб (style, or manner, in which to do something) · sh móda (current (constantly changing) trend, favored for frivolous rather than practical, logical, or intellectual reasons) · sh мо́да (current (constantly changing) trend, favored for frivolous rather than practical, logical, or intellectual reasons) · es forma (style, or manner, in which to do something) · et mood (current (constantly changing) trend, favored for frivolous rather than practical, logical, or intellectual reasons) · lo ແບບເສື້ອ (current (constantly changing) trend, favored for frivolous rather than practical, logical, or intellectual reasons)