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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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Millions of children were watching and the lyrics were purely pornographic.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
13 Feb. 2026
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The startup has faced a global backlash over its Grok chatbot, which was allowed to generate nonconsensual pornographic images of women and children for weeks before the team stepped in to stop it.—
Allison Morrow,
CNN Money,
11 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Also under pressure is Starmer’s former chief of staff Matthew Doyle, now Lord Doyle, appointed to the House of Lords despite his friendship with a man later jailed for possessing indecent images of children.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
18 Feb. 2026
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Morris, who founded Gateway in Southlake in 2000, was convicted on five counts of lewd and indecent conduct with a child and was sentenced to 10 years with all but six months suspended.—
Elizabeth Campbell,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
5 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Enter the more prurient, more indulgent, 77-minute Ænima.—
Jeremy D. Larson,
Pitchfork,
25 Jan. 2026
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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
Adjective
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So open to the skies, and filthy.—
Lesley Stahl,
CBS News,
16 Feb. 2026
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This neighborhood, peopled almost entirely by the people who claim to have been driven from Poland and Russia, is the eyesore of New York and perhaps the filthiest place on the western continent.—
Alexandra Schwartz,
New Yorker,
9 Feb. 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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Colt Gray sent grandmother concerning texts In her testimony, Polhamus reviewed several angry, vulgar text messages from Colt Gray that showed his spiraling mental health and penchant for outbursts.—
Eric Levenson,
CNN Money,
20 Feb. 2026
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Brush was also behind an 1898 National League rule that prohibited indecent, vulgar or obscene language.—
Libby Cierzniak,
IndyStar,
20 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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This Valentine’s Day, why not treat yourself to a perfume that beckons lustful strangers in a way not seen since Monica Bellucci at that Sicilian piazza in Malèna.—
Air Mail,
Air Mail,
14 Feb. 2026
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The two admit to having always loved each other (that's not a spoiler; the book is nearly 200 years old) and begin a steamy, lustful affair.—
Amanda Luberto,
AZCentral.com,
11 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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The prosecution detailed nine separate errors made by Plamberger during the climb—from failing to bring bivy gear to failing to abide by a reasonable turnaround time—which collectively suggest a charge of gross negligence.—
Owen Clarke,
Outside,
21 Feb. 2026
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The online marketplace, which hosts many small businesses and artisan makers, also gave tepid guidance for first-quarter gross merchandise sales.—
Annie Palmer,
CNBC,
20 Feb. 2026
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“Fetishistic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fetishistic. Accessed 24 Feb. 2026.
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