| Main Entry: | cult |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | worship; form of ceremony |
Synonyms: |
admiration, ceremony, craze, creed, cultus, devotion, faddism, faith, idolization, liturgy, persuasion, religion, reverence, rite, ritual, veneration |
| Notes: | a sect is a rule defined by some doctrinal difference, a cult by allegiance to an idea or commanding personality |
| Main Entry: | fashion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | latest style, prevailing taste |
Synonyms: |
appearance, bandwagon, chic, configuration, convention, craze, cry, cultism, cultus, custom, cut, dernier cri, fad, faddism, figure, form, furor, in thing, last word, latest, latest thing, line*, look, make, mode, model, mold, newest wrinkle, pattern, rage, shape, thing*, tone, trend, usage, vogue |
| Main Entry: | fashion |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
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Adjectives: |
diaphanous, short, two, water, a la mode, acid washed, aesthetic, after one's fancy, allover, artistic, attic, banded, bardocucullated, bonded, bruffed, camisated, capistrate, castorial, chaste, clad, classical, colorfast, cultivated, custom, damasse, designer, dight, dighted, discinct, dizened, dressmaker, elegant, endimanché, euphemistic, figured, fin, frayed, full, habited, in court dress, in evening dress, in good taste, invested, jimpricute, long, missy, motley, nubby, ocreate, off, peekaboo, preshrunk, prewashed, pure, raveled, ready, reversible, sartorial, sericeous, shod, standaway, stonewashed, strapless, subvestimentary, tasteful, tasty, threadbare, to one's mind, to one's taste, tonnish, unisize, vestiary, waterproof, yclad, youthy
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| Concept: | Fashion. |
| Category: | 2. Discriminative Affections |
Synonyms: |
-nouns
fashion, style, ton, bon ton, society; good society, polite society; monde; drawing-room, civilized life, civilization, town, beau monde, high life, court; world; fashionable world, gay world; Vanity Fair; show (ostentation)., manners, breeding (politeness); air, demeanor (appearance); savoir faire; gentlemanliness, gentility, decorum, propriety, bienséance; conventions of society; Mrs. Grundy; punctilio; form, formality; etiquette, point of etiquette; dress., custom; mode, vogue, go; rage (desire); prevailing taste., man of fashion, woman of fashion, man of the world, woman of the world; height of fashion, pink of fashion, star of fashion, glass of fashion, leader of fashion; arbiter elegantiarum (taste); upper ten thousand (nobility); elite (distinction); smart set; the four hundred [U.S.].
-verbs
be fashionable, be the rage; have a run, pass current., follow the fashion, conform to the fashion, fall in with the fashion n.; go with the stream (conform); savoir vivre, savoir faire; keep up appearances, behave oneself., set the fashion, bring in the fashion; give a tone to society, cut a figure in society; keep one's carriage.
-adjectives
fashionable; in fashion; a la mode, comme il faut; admitted in society, admissible in society; presentable; conventional (customary); genteel; well-gred, well mannered, well behaved, well spoken; gentlemanlike, gentlemanly; ladylike; civil, polite (courteous)., polished, refined, thoroughbred, courtly; distingue; unembarrassed, degage; janty, jaunty; dashing,f ast., modish, stylish, chic, trendy, recherche; newfangled (unfamiliar); all the rage, all the go., in court, in full dress, in evening dress; en grande tenue (ornament).
-adverbs
fashionably; for fashion's sake.
-phrases
a la francaise, a la parisienne; a l'anglaise, a l'americaine; autre temps autre mauers; chaque pays a sa guise.
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