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This preparatory sort of idealism is the one that, as I just suggested, Berkeley made prominent, and, after a fashion familiar. I must state it in my own way, although one in vain seeks to attain novelty in illustrating so frequently described a view.
Josiah Royce

Meaning of "after a fashion" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF AFTER A FASHION

after a fashion play
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WHAT DOES AFTER A FASHION MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of after a fashion in the English dictionary

The definition of after a fashion in the dictionary is in some manner, but not very well. Other definition of after a fashion is of a low order; of a sort.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE AFTER A FASHION

after
after a sort
after all
after one´s own heart
after the fact
after the fashion of
after you
after-dinner drink
after-dinner speaker
after-effects
after-hours
after-hours drinking
after-lunch
after-ripening
after-sales
after-sales service
after-school
after-tax
afterbirth
afterbodies

WORDS THAT END LIKE AFTER A FASHION

air cushion
antifashion
booster cushion
Bristol fashion
cushion
doggy fashion
falchion
fashion
floor cushion
fushion
high fashion
high-fashion
liquidity cushion
of fashion
parrot-fashion
pincushion
refashion
scatter cushion
shipshape and Bristol fashion
whoopee cushion

Synonyms and antonyms of after a fashion in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «AFTER A FASHION»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «after a fashion» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of after a fashion

Translation of «after a fashion» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF AFTER A FASHION

Find out the translation of after a fashion to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of after a fashion from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «after a fashion» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

时尚的后
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

después de una manera
570 millions of speakers

English

after a fashion
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

एक फैशन के बाद
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

بعد الأزياء
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

после моды
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

depois de uma moda
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

একটু ঢং করে
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

après un mode
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Selepas fesyen
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

nach einer Mode
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ファッションの後
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

패션 후
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Sawise mode
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sau một thời trang
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஒரு பாணியில்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

एक फॅशन नंतर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

moda sonrası
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

in un certo modo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

po modzie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

після моди
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

într-un fel
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μετά από μια μόδα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

na ´n mode-
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

efter en mode
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

etter en mote
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of after a fashion

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «AFTER A FASHION»

The term «after a fashion» is quite widely used and occupies the 27.231 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «AFTER A FASHION» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about after a fashion

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QUOTES WITH «AFTER A FASHION»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word after a fashion.
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Josiah Royce
This preparatory sort of idealism is the one that, as I just suggested, Berkeley made prominent, and, after a fashion familiar. I must state it in my own way, although one in vain seeks to attain novelty in illustrating so frequently described a view.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «AFTER A FASHION»

Discover the use of after a fashion in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to after a fashion and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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After a Fashion
Fashion appears to be novel. At the same time it preserves the status quo: it makes us think that change is occurring when the opposite is closer to the truth. After a Fashion investigates the different sides of this hybrid phenomenon.
Joanne Finkelstein, 1996
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After a Fashion: How to Reproduce, Restore, and Wear Vintage ...
A comprehensive guide to vintage clothing from the Middle Ages to the 1920s provides information on styles, costume research, outfit planning, fabric selection, sewing techniques, and other topics
Frances Grimble, 1993
3
London: After a Fashion
A look at style and urbanism, offering a reconsideration of the role of fashion in city life and filling in overlooked gaps in the history of London and modern design.
Alistair O'Neill, 2007
4
Mommy dressing: a love story, after a fashion
The daughter of pioneering American fashion designer Jo Copeland recounts her bittersweet girlhood in the shadow of her famous mother and the glamorous New York City fashion world of the 1930s and 1940s, in an illustrated memoir. #160; Lois ...
Lois Gould, 1998
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Murder After a Fashion
These days, not even a new wardrobe can keep fashionista Rita Jewel from feeling blue.
Grace Carroll, 2013
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After a Fashion: What We Wore:1947 to the Present
Beginning in the post-war period, this largely picture-let book's accompanying text also examines the social roots of what we wear and what it expresses about ourselves and the times we live in.
Elizabeth Roberts, 2009
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Collected Fictions
to be bountiful, but to be plain—though bounteous. After a fashion. In a fashion. I was, one was—after a fashion. One was in pursuit of a fashion. One pursued a fashion. The thing was fashion. The very thing was fashion. Fashion was the thing ...
Gordon Lish, 2010
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Vault Career Guide to the Fashion Industry
After a fashion internship has ended, they should keep in touch with their managers. A fashion career counselor confirms, “Those who serve as intern advisors often grow very fond of their interns. They want to know that you've graduated; they ...
Holly Han, 2003
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A Study of History: Volume I: Abridgement of
... signally failed in the fifth century b.c. to create the then already urgently needed international order which the Romans succeeded in establishing after a fashion four hundred years later. This international task, in which Athens failed, was the ...
Arnold J. Toynbee, D. C. Somervell, 1987
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In Search of Dreamtime: The Quest for the Origin of Religion
A person who has contracted a contagious disease becomes "after a fashion and to a certain degree" the disease itself [55]; it is now he who is the disease, who threatens others. Yet he is not identical or cosubstantial with the disease, but he ...
Tomoko Masuzawa, 1993

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «AFTER A FASHION»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term after a fashion is used in the context of the following news items.
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Burt's Bees co-founder Burt Shavitz dies at age 80
“It was flattering, after a fashion,” he said of the documentary. “I like the lead character.” BDN photo editor Brian Feulner contributed to this ... «Bangor Daily News, Jul 15»
2
Ethical shopping: After a fashion
Adrienne Kohler embarks on an odyssey to buy ethical clothes, but finds many wonder who the 'mad woman' is. In a world in which we are ... «New Zealand Herald, Jul 15»
3
Nothing sells like patriotism
It is the 47th highest grossing film of all time and inspired, after a fashion, the disaster movie boom of the 1990s. The Patriot (2000): Set during ... «The Statesman, Jul 15»
4
Hamas, Under Fire from ISIS, Fractures Into Many Dangerous Pieces
More a loose network of cells than a disciplined military organization, it answers after a fashion to a Hamas office in Ankara, the capital of ... «Forward, Jul 15»
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Professor Says Reason Is A White Male Construct
... of things are of european “constuction”, and even more astonishing things a more or less considered a christian construction, after a fashion. «The Libertarian Republic, Jul 15»
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Cops yet to quiz fashion designer | Mumbai NYOOOZ
Injured victim and witnesses have already provided detailed accounts to the Khar police. More than 36 hours after a fashion designer driving ... «NYOOOZ, Jul 15»
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Amy: a heartbreaking look back at the girl with all the gifts
Soderbergh is still in the mix too, after a fashion (he is behind the camera as cinematographer, using the pseudonym Peter Andrews). This time ... «Herald, Jul 15»
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Ad of the Day: The Fat Jew and Todrick Hall Rap About Viacom's Big …
... and also analyzing, after a fashion, the social-influencer phenomenon. The primary target of the rap video "is mostly b-to-b, our agencies and ... «Adweek, Jul 15»
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Two candidates, one party, but plenty of disagreements
And they're both members of American political dynasties, after a fashion. Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush rallied a crowd in Henderson on ... «Las Vegas Review-Journal, Jul 15»
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RADA fined after fashion designer plunges 24ft down lift shaft and …
A leading drama school has been fined after a fashion designer leant against a door and plunged more than 20ft down an empty lift shaft. «Mirror.co.uk, Jun 15»

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