out of favor
Meaning
out of favor
(American spelling) Alternative form of out of favour.
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Most of the change we think we see in life is due to truths being in and out of favor.
The importance of Liking Yourself is a notion that fell heavily out of favor during the coptic, anti-ego frenzy of the Acid Era--but nobody guessed back then that the experiment might churn up this kind of hangover: a whole subculture of frightened illiterates with no faith in anything.
Writing about dead white males seems to be out of favor among academics.
I'm always told that what I say is controversial. Why is it controversial? Because I speak from a tradition that has now fallen out of favor with the dominant media in this country. And so when I say things like marriage should be between one man and one woman, I'm called a bigot.
Fallout shelters are like bell-bottoms. They've gone in and out of favor.
Although that freedom is falling out of favor in some circles, we need to do whatever we can to prevent it from becoming a second tier constitutional right.