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also fetiches
1
as in obsessions
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 talismans
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 fetishes
The titillating drama explores the complexities of dominant-submissive relationships and fetishes, as Ray gets aroused by making Colin lick his boots, buy his groceries and sleep at the foot of his bed.
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Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 6 Oct. 2025
Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 6 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fetishes
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The movie’s frank depiction of Mishima’s bisexual obsessions and radical political drive, not to mention the involvement of foreign filmmakers like Schrader, Coppola and Lucas, drew a boycott from Mishima’s widow and incensed the ultra-right-wing political groups that continued to lionize him.—
Patrick Brzeski,
HollywoodReporter,
1 Oct. 2025
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My twin obsessions were Old Hollywood and Archie Comics.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
24 Sep. 2025
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To explain these distortions, experts speculate that the figures served as fertility talismans—designed to maximize those parts of the body that evolution has encoded us to see as signs of optimal child-bearers.—
Harmon Siegel,
Artforum,
1 Oct. 2025
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Then John Galliano arrived with another Libra eclipse in 1996, upping the theatrics with the era’s most audacious runway shows and giving the world talismans like the saddlebag.—
Maya AlZaben,
Vogue,
30 Sep. 2025
Noun
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There are still problems on defense.—
Matt Hayes,
USA TODAY,
3 Oct. 2025
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The path forward But whoever wins, securing the party leadership is just the first step – and a host of problems await.—
Jessie Yeung,
CNN Money,
3 Oct. 2025
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Attendees can also expect kid-friendly activities, including hair braiding, glow-in-the-dark face painting, accessory booths, photo booths, and giant inflatable mascots on the dance floor.—
Charlie Vargas,
Oc Register,
30 Sep. 2025
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The mascots set to star at FIFA’s 2026 World Cup are Clutch the Bald Eagle, Maple the Moose and Zayu the Jaguar.—
Alexandra Banner,
CNN Money,
26 Sep. 2025
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The world Maddie lives in is populated by eccentric characters who wear their respective fixations on their sleeve.—
Jourdain Searles,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Sep. 2025
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One of Loeffler’s biggest fixations was building in backup strategies for his game plans.—
Brooks Kubena,
New York Times,
25 Aug. 2025
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Natron bubbling out of pale saline lakes in the Wadi Natron (west of the Nile) was used in making the blue glaze faience for amulets such as Taweret’s and the scarab beetles such as those produced in a delta factory.—
Vanessa Taylor,
Big Think,
25 Sep. 2025
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Romans may have worn trilobite amulets.—
Rafil Kroll-Zaidi,
Harpers Magazine,
19 Sep. 2025
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In a cheeky aside directed at Sony Pictures Classics co-head Micheal Barker who was at the dinner, Quinn recalled how one of his preoccupations at Samuel Goldwyn had been figuring out what titles their rivals were getting access to.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
30 Sep. 2025
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New York Film Festival offer a glimpse into the preoccupations guiding our foremost auteurs.—
Brittany Allen,
Literary Hub,
23 Sep. 2025
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The next phase of crypto's growth won't revolve around sleek marketing or speculative manias.—
Annabelle Huang,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Sep. 2025
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The reality is that the global network has become a transmission mechanism for all kinds of manias and panics, just as the combination of printing and literacy temporarily increased the prevalence of millenarian sects and witch crazes.—
Niall Ferguson,
Foreign Affairs,
15 Aug. 2017
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“Fetishes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fetishes. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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