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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
That reputation foreshadows the series’ fetish for both-sidesism and centrist consensus, at one point explicitly equating the right’s embrace of blatant untruths with the left’s enthusiasm for pronouns.
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Alison Herman, Variety, 20 Feb. 2025
If that fetish somehow didn’t already exist, Cronenberg likely created it with Crash.
—A.a. Dowd, Vulture, 28 Apr. 2025
Yeah, that was not from the podcast, but that is a fetish!
—Lexi Carson, HollywoodReporter, 9 Apr. 2025
Real-life allegations of a cannibalism fetish against actor Armie Hammer were also making news, and continue to.
—Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 5 Jan. 2025
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Alison Herman, Variety, 20 Feb. 2025
If that fetish somehow didn’t already exist, Cronenberg likely created it with Crash.
—A.a. Dowd, Vulture, 28 Apr. 2025
Yeah, that was not from the podcast, but that is a fetish!
—Lexi Carson, HollywoodReporter, 9 Apr. 2025
Real-life allegations of a cannibalism fetish against actor Armie Hammer were also making news, and continue to.
—Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 5 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fetish
Noun
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Roblox stock is down 9% this past week alone in the wake of all this, and now, it’s just issued a bunch of new safety updates trying to prune some of the problems away.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes.com,
16 Aug. 2025
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Unlike Alzheimer's, FTD often causes dramatic personality changes, emotional withdrawal and problems with speech, movement and decision-making.—
Lucy Notarantonio,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Aug. 2025
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Making amends After escaping his captors, regaining his talismans, tracking down the rogue Corinthian (Boyd Holbrook), and dealing with a Vortex, S2 finds Morpheus (Tom Sturridge) rebuilding the Dreaming, which had fallen into disrepair during his long absence.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
8 Aug. 2025
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Yet every time a talisman departed, a player whom the Bees had steadily developed would come to the fore and replace them.—
Zak Garner-Purkis,
Forbes.com,
21 July 2025
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In the original video, Rupert Grint (yes, Ron Weasley from Harry Potter) played a Sheeran superfan with a serious, unhealthy obsession — sneaking onstage during a show, hopping into Sheeran’s tour bus, and even chewing his gum.—
Tomás Mier,
Rolling Stone,
7 Aug. 2025
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Unlike millennials, who grew up on 1990s diet culture and calorie obsession, Gen Z views food through a wellness lens, focusing on long-term benefits, mental health, and natural ingredients.—
Heather Hunter,
The Washington Examiner,
4 Aug. 2025
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Just like Buc-ee's, Wawa offers around the clock service, features a recognizable animal mascot and serves a variety of fresh food.—
Diana Leyva,
The Tennessean,
13 Aug. 2025
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As thousands of fans looked on through binoculars Monday night, the Golden State Valkyries unveiled their new mascot: a bespectacled purple raven named Violet, who cartwheeled her way onto the court and into the hearts of the Valkyries faithful.—
Andrew Zeng,
Mercury News,
13 Aug. 2025
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Hitting coaches Jeremy Barnes and Eric Chavez have drawn the ire of Mets fans this season, with Chavez becoming a particular fixation of the fanbase.—
Abbey Mastracco,
New York Daily News,
6 Aug. 2025
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This conflation and connection between Black girls (gender expansive), friendship, and queerness became my fixation.—
m. mick powell
August 5,
Literary Hub,
5 Aug. 2025
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Among the subjects of the projects are a teen threesome in North Macedonia that leads to a troublesome pregnancy, a shipwreck hiding a sacred amulet on the Atlantic coast of the Sahara, a crumbling blue bus in 1950s Turkey, and mysterious aunt in rural Serbia.—
Leo Barraclough,
Variety,
1 Aug. 2025
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There are also equippable amulets that offer passive and combo-specific bonuses.—
Zackery Cuevas,
PC Magazine,
14 June 2025
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Constantine’s primary focus, if not fanatical preoccupation, from 1890 on was poetry.—
Gregory Jusdanis,
Literary Hub,
12 Aug. 2025
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The exhibition opens with Giacometti’s early sculptural experiments from the 1920s—cool, abstract works in marble and plaster that already hint at his preoccupation with volume and absence.—
Lee Sharrock,
Forbes.com,
5 Aug. 2025
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That means going beyond tests for self-harm and deliberately simulating interactions involving conditions like mania, psychosis, and OCD to assess how the models respond.—
Robert Hart,
Time,
5 Aug. 2025
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Fox also carried Celine’s FIFA World Cup Hobo Bag, originally released in 2002 — pre-Philo, post-logo mania, and during a brief era when football and fashion shared a color palette.—
Maggie Clancy,
Footwear News,
5 Aug. 2025
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“Fetish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fetish. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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