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For all their faults, looksmaxxers are intent on de-fetishizing this particular commodity, revealing beauty to be the product of strenuous (and often deranging) labor.—Becca Rothfeld, New Yorker, 7 Mar. 2026 The point is not to fetishize a single metric.—Noosheen Hashemi, Time, 26 Jan. 2026 And then there are the various disembodied hands featured in many of the artist’s photographs and sculptures, nearly all of them fetishized in their evident—and sometimes errant—femininity.—Ara H. Merjian, Artforum, 1 Jan. 2026 Frances has found success with her documentary, also called Flat Earth, which fetishizes the flyover states.—Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for fetishize