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also fetich
1
as in problem
something about which one is constantly thinking or concerned
dieting seems to be a fetish with some people
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2
as in talisman
something worn or kept to bring good luck or keep away evil
an archaeologist discovering an old animal tooth that may have been worn as a fetish
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Recent Examples of fetish
The shell of the fetish and the ruins of spectacle remain visible and intact as negative monuments.
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Benjamin H. D. Buchloh, Artforum, 1 June 2025
Jack’s fetish for suits put me in mind of his early experience grading spinach.
—Cree Lefavour, New York Times, 30 May 2025
Along the way, the orchid became the subject of scientific speculation (including by Charles Darwin), a fetish in the Victorian era’s burgeoning consumer culture, and an example of the excesses of imperialist extraction.
—The New Yorker, New Yorker, 19 May 2025
Most recently, the former clowned the latter for his alleged bedroom fetishes on Tuesday.
—Mackenzie Cummings-Grady, Billboard, 15 May 2025
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Benjamin H. D. Buchloh, Artforum, 1 June 2025
Jack’s fetish for suits put me in mind of his early experience grading spinach.
—Cree Lefavour, New York Times, 30 May 2025
Along the way, the orchid became the subject of scientific speculation (including by Charles Darwin), a fetish in the Victorian era’s burgeoning consumer culture, and an example of the excesses of imperialist extraction.
—The New Yorker, New Yorker, 19 May 2025
Most recently, the former clowned the latter for his alleged bedroom fetishes on Tuesday.
—Mackenzie Cummings-Grady, Billboard, 15 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fetish
Noun
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Today, Anousheh is the CEO of the XPRIZE Foundation, an organization that has helped solve massive social problems by setting grand challenges for teams to compete and solve.—
Dev Patnaik,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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Folks, the problem is not the sign, the decor or the politics.—
Bud Kennedy,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
9 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The poem functioned as a talisman to these students, offering a vision of a possible future, where mutual aid and solidarity across difference told an alternative story to the one skewed by both corporate and rightwing media.—
Philip Metres
August 27,
Literary Hub,
27 Aug. 2025
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On Earth, Cade is given a mysterious talisman from an ancient autobot.—
Rendy Jones August 27,
EW.com,
27 Aug. 2025
Noun
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His time under the golden arches also seeded an obsession with systems and taught him the importance of keeping operations lean and relentlessly focusing on customers.—
Martina Castellanos,
Forbes.com,
6 Sep. 2025
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Typically said when someone copies a trend, latches onto a friend's obsession, or just teases in a playful way.—
Annabelle Canela,
Parents,
5 Sep. 2025
Noun
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An earnest and thoughtful executive with a warm, open demeanor, Pinault was seated at Monday’s interview under a large black-and-white painting of an owl, the mascot for Kering — and a metaphor for his watchful eyes on shifting consumer sentiment and economic fluctuations.—
Miles Socha,
Footwear News,
9 Sep. 2025
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Years earlier, Phillip landed a lucrative job as the mascot for a Japanese toothpaste brand.—
Peter Debruge,
Variety,
7 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The world’s longstanding fixation with blowjobs is arguably a function of our other longstanding fixation with pleasing cisgender men, but as our understanding of gender, sexuality, and pleasure itself has become more expansive, so, too, has our knowledge of blowjobs.—
Ian Kumamoto,
Them.,
10 Sep. 2025
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Still, Hawke says Larry's fixation on Elizabeth in the story wasn't real.—
Nick Romano,
EW.com,
9 Sep. 2025
Noun
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This spring, an Israeli child found an ancient amulet at Tel Azeka, a hill in the Judaean Foothills referenced in the Book of Samuel.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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Russian forces had also taken old icons and books, a Polovtsian saber, Scythian bronze items, buckles, amulets, temple rings, axes and arrowheads from the times of Kievan Rus, the first East Slavic state, established between the 9th and 13th centuries.—
Yegor Mostovshikov,
The Dial,
9 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Perhaps this is particularly noticeable because the thematic preoccupations of the film are so trite.—
Sam Bodrojan,
IndieWire,
5 Sep. 2025
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Are the themes in this movie in any way a reflection of your own preoccupations?—
Zak Cheney-Rice,
Vulture,
28 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The Labubu mania has reached the MTV Video Music Awards red carpet.—
Renan Botelho,
Footwear News,
7 Sep. 2025
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Wang Ning, founder of toy maker Pop Mart International Group, has become richer than Alibaba cofounder Jack Ma thanks to the global mania for the company’s Labubu dolls.—
Yue Wang,
Forbes.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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“Fetish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fetish. Accessed 13 Sep. 2025.
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