An interest followed with exaggerated zeal:
— He always follows the latest fads.

synonyms: craze, cult, furor, furore, rage.

Roget 481: misjudgment, obliquity of judgment; miscalculation, miscomputation, misconception etc. (error) 495; hasty conclusion.    [causes of misjudgment. 1] prejudgment, prejudication^†, prejudice; foregone conclusion; prenotion^†, prevention, preconception, predilection, prepossession, preapprehension^†, presumption, assumption, presentiment; fixed idea, preconceived idea; id_ee fixe; mentis gratissimus error [Lat.]; fool's paradise.    [causes of misjudgment. 2] esprit de corps, party spirit, partisanship, clannishness, prestige.    [causes of misjudgment. 3] bias, bigotry, warp, twist; hobby, fad, quirk, crotchet, partiality, infatuation, blind side, mote in the eye.    [causes of misjudgment. 4] one-sided views, one-track mind, partial views, narrow views, confined views, superficial views, one-sided ideas, partial ideas, narrow ideas, confined ideas, superficial ideas, one-sided conceptions, partial conceptions, narrow conceptions, confined conceptions, superficial conceptions, one-sided notions, partial notions, narrow notions, confined notions, superficial notions; narrow mind; bigotry etc. (obstinacy) 606; odium theologicum [Lat.]; pedantry; hypercriticism.    doctrinaire etc. (positive) 474.    [causes of misjudgment. 5] overestimation etc. 482; underestimation etc. 483.    [causes of misjudgment. 6] ignorance etc. 491.    erroneous assumptions, erroneous data, mistaken assumptions, incorrect assumptions (error) 495.    ... show more

Roget 608: caprice, fancy, humor; whim, whimsy, whimsey^†, whimwham^†; crotchet, capriccio, quirk, freak, maggot, fad, vagary, prank, fit, flimflam, escapade, boutade [Fr.], wild-goose chase; capriciousness etc. adj.; kink.    ... show more

Roget 852: fashion, style, ton, bon ton^†, society; good society, polite society; monde [Fr.]; drawing-room, civilized life, civilization, town, beau monde [Fr.], high life, court; world; fashionable world, gay world; Vanity Fair; show etc. (ostentation) 822.    manners, breeding etc. (politeness) 894; air, demeanor etc. (appearance) 448; savoir faire [Fr.]; gentlemanliness^†, gentility, decorum, propriety, biens_eance [Fr.]; conventions of society; Mrs.    Grundy; punctilio; form, formality; etiquette, point of etiquette; dress etc. 225.    custom etc. 613; mode, vogue, go; rage etc. (desire) 865; prevailing taste; fad, trend, bandwagon, furore^†, thing, in thing, craze, chic, last word.    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 [Lat.] etc. (taste) 850; the beautiful people, the fashion set, upper ten thousand etc. (nobility) 875; elite etc. (distinction) 873; smart set; the four hundred [U.S.]; in crowd.    ... show more

Dutch: gril, modegril, epidemie, rage