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Recent Examples of fetishistic
Yet somehow, none of these images come off as overdone or fetishistic.
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Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 21 Nov. 2025
For Twigs, who has spent much of 2025 testing the limits of scale and fetishistic form, the stiletto reads as both archival and corrective — a pivot into sleekness at a show designed to reframe Ford’s legacy for a new era.
—Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 2 Oct. 2025
The period recreation of ’30s Algiers is shot though with elegance, and there is a fetishistic attention to the beauty of faces, places and things.
—Sophie Monks Kaufman, IndieWire, 2 Sep. 2025
Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 21 Nov. 2025
For Twigs, who has spent much of 2025 testing the limits of scale and fetishistic form, the stiletto reads as both archival and corrective — a pivot into sleekness at a show designed to reframe Ford’s legacy for a new era.
—Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 2 Oct. 2025
The period recreation of ’30s Algiers is shot though with elegance, and there is a fetishistic attention to the beauty of faces, places and things.
—Sophie Monks Kaufman, IndieWire, 2 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fetishistic
Adjective
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Until then, the only limits on their selections were Vimeo’s standard terms of service, which prohibit content that incites violence or qualifies as pornographic.—
Chris O'Falt,
IndieWire,
22 Dec. 2025
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Under a new law, Florida began requiring age verification checks for visitors to pornographic websites, notes Paul Bischoff, editor of Comparitech, a site that reviews personal cybersecurity software.—
David Folkenflik,
NPR,
17 Dec. 2025
Adjective
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Voyeurism, possession of indecent images of children and possession of extreme images are among the other charges filed against Young.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
23 Jan. 2026
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He was charged during a Brooklyn Criminal Court arraignment with disseminating indecent material to minors, official misconduct by a public servant, and endangering the welfare of a child.—
Emma Seiwell,
New York Daily News,
15 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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In response, Baxter and many other trans artists prefer to play with such perceptions, frustrating the gaze of prurient onlookers.—
Grace Byron,
New Yorker,
8 Sep. 2025
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First, would the work as whole be seen as prurient by an ordinary person using community standards.—
Peter Greene,
Forbes.com,
14 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Slightly less filthy than the ones on the balcony, those bricks could have used a coat of paint.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
22 Jan. 2026
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Sauron was bested by some filthy Hobbitses and their pal, Gollum.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
21 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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The smutty gay hockey show is largely about closeted athletes Ilya (Connor Storrie) and Shane (Hudson Williams), but at the end of episode five, the series’ secondary couple goes public.—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
19 Dec. 2025
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There's no shame in admitting that one of the draws of HBO has always been the somewhat smutty stuff, and new French-language drama The Seduction looks to deliver on that.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
14 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Although the Ripken card launched many conspiracy theories as to whether the inclusion of its vulgar phrase was truly a mistake or a Fleer marketing ploy, there is a long history of errors making it through quality control in sports card production.—
Tyler Holzhammer,
New York Times,
6 Jan. 2026
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The joke swap during last year's Christmas episode went to some particularly jaw-dropping places after Che made Jost read a vulgar joke about Johansson.—
Brendan Morrow,
USA Today,
21 Dec. 2025
Adjective
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Just don’t make the mistake of thinking that all the girls from 20 to 54 who haven’t glanced in your direction in 25 years are suddenly going to swoon with lustful gazes.—
Oc Register,
Oc Register,
18 Jan. 2026
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Long before the yelling and the lustful soil came the rabbit.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 Dec. 2025
Adjective
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Welfare advocates, long highly critical of the San Jose animal shelter, are warning of a potential legal fight if the agency fails to improve animal care — accusing the city of neglect, gross negligence and repeating violations of state law.—
Devan Patel,
Mercury News,
14 Jan. 2026
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The union’s counter proposal to the league would give players around 30% of the gross revenue.—
Doug Feinberg,
Twin Cities,
13 Jan. 2026
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“Fetishistic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fetishistic. Accessed 26 Jan. 2026.
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