demode
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Definition
- Adjective:
- No longer fashionable or current; outmoded: Describes something that was once in style or considered modern but is now perceived as old-fashioned, outdated, or obsolete.
Usage
- The adjective demode is used to describe styles, ideas, customs, or objects that are no longer in vogue. It often carries a slightly negative or dismissive connotation, suggesting something is passé or unfashionable by contemporary standards. It is a formal or literary term.
Examples
- Adjective:
- Her wardrobe was filled with demode dresses from the 1950s.
- The professor's teaching methods, while once innovative, now seemed rather demode.
- They lived in a grand but demode mansion filled with antique furniture.
Advanced Usage
- Used in a social or cultural critique: The term can be applied abstractly to criticize ideas, philosophies, or institutions perceived as outdated.
- His political views are considered demode by the younger generation.
Variants and Related Words
- Outmoded (adj.): Very similar in meaning to demode, meaning no longer useful or acceptable; obsolete.
- Antiquated (adj.): Old-fashioned or outdated, often to the point of being inconvenient or ineffective.
- Passe (adj., from French): No longer fashionable; out of date.
- Archaic (adj.): Very old or old-fashioned, often used for language or customs from a much earlier period.
Synonyms
- Old-fashioned
- Outdated
- Obsolete
- Unfashionable
- Dated
Antonyms
- Modern
- Fashionable
- Trendy
- Current
- Up-to-date
Notes
- Etymology: The word demode is borrowed directly from French (), where it literally means "out of fashion." Its use in English retains this precise meaning.
- While demode and outmoded are very close synonyms, demode often specifically connotes a lapse from fashion, whereas outmoded can also imply something is no longer practical or useful.
Adjective
- out of fashion
- a suit of rather antique appearance
- demode (or outmoded) attire
- outmoded ideas