voguishness

noun

1
as in fashionableness
the quality or state of being fashionable the in-your-face voguishness of his new hairstyle certainly got our attention

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2
as in popularity
the state of enjoying widespread approval the short-lived voguishness of so much of what that artist produced

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for voguishness
  1. elegance
  2. popularity
  3. style
  4. vogue
  5. hip
  6. favor
  7. hipness
  8. coolness
Noun
  • Beautiful cemeteries can captivate with their artistic and architectural elegance, entice with lessons in local history, and tantalize the senses with botanical delights.
    — Mitchell Gilburne, Architectural Digest, 26 Oct. 2026
  • The Napoleonic Wars raged across continental Europe, but that did not stop society life from carrying on in all its dazzling elegance.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of elegance
Noun
  • Movie reboots have soared in popularity, with more than a few filmed in and around Atlanta.
    — Matt Degen, AJC.com, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Though, to be clear, Jackson Hole is doing a lot more than selling tongue-in-cheek souvenir tees to help protect its natural beauty and authentic character as popularity grows.
    — Lindsay Cohn, Vogue, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of popularity
Noun
  • Here’s a prime example of a more cryptic style of clue that sometimes pops up in late-week puzzles.
    — Sean McGowan, New York Times, 22 Oct. 2026
  • The menu changes daily and features wide-ranging Italian and Tyrolean dishes such as quail risotto, Speckknöddelsuppe (bacon dumpling soup), pasta and veal ragout, Viennese-style schnitzel, spinach dumplings, and apple strudel.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of style
Noun
  • After a brief respite in the 2010s when body-positivity and neutrality were in vogue, the pendulum has swung back with a vengeance.
    — Rebecca Firkser, Bon Appetit Magazine, 22 Oct. 2026
  • At the time, the Busby Berkeley conception of musical film as outlandish spectacle was the choreographic vogue.
    — David Hajdu, Vanity Fair, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of vogue
Noun
  • The white high-low gown featured draped and gathered detailing around the legs and black bows at the hips for contrast.
    — Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 27 Oct. 2026
  • Keeping your back flat, hinge at your hips, push your butt back, and lower your torso to grab the kettlebell with both hands.
    — Jenessa Connor, HEALTH, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of hip
Noun
  • But this election cycle, Democrats are banking on several factors working in their favor.
    — Mathew Miranda, Sacbee.com, 26 Oct. 2026
  • Instead, as would later happen in Kansas and Nebraska, slaveowners and Southern sympathizers on the one hand and abolitionists and Free-Soilers on the other all flocked to California to try to tip the political scales in their favor.
    — Kathryn Schulz, New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of favor
Noun
  • Sure, Palm Springs revived its hipness quotient with Rat Pack patina, and Coachella became a global brand thanks to the music festival.
    — Steve Hochman, SPIN, 22 June 2026
  • There were limits to his hipness, though.
    — Alex Ross, New Yorker, 15 June 2026
Definition of hipness
Noun
  • Marcocci finds in China a merging of coolness and high luxury.
    — Jennifer Weil, Footwear News, 27 Oct. 2026
  • Others could imitate but never replicate; their coolness was predicated on their originality.
    — Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of coolness
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