FETISHISTIC Synonyms: 48 Similar and Opposite Words

fetishistic

adjective

Definition of fetishistic

as in pornographic

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Recent Examples of fetishistic Indeed, the first half of the film assumes the fetishistic edge of a humiliation ritual. — David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 14 Apr. 2026 Although the clothes were Medieval in inspiration, they were given a fetishistic twist with garter belts, fishnet stockings, and lacy bras. — Kevin Huynh, InStyle, 12 Mar. 2026 Yet somehow, none of these images come off as overdone or fetishistic. — 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

Recent Examples of Synonyms for fetishistic

Adjective

Egyptian courts have tried blocking pornographic websites, but private online access remains widespread.

— Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN Money, 30 Oct. 2026
On the day of the $50 million demand, a WeChat chat on one of her phones shows pornographic images arriving and being sent back with Victim-1’s face grafted on, the complaint says.

— Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of pornographic

Adjective

Officers charged 36-year-old Quinto Owens with two counts of felony indecent liberties against a student by a school administrator.

— Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 27 Oct. 2026
He has been charged with murder, two counts of indecent behavior involving a minor, and concealing a corpse.

— ABC News, ABC News, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of indecent

Adjective

Some lamented the format—essentially a full-length rendition of the LP, nothing more; venues were downsized as excitement (and prurient interest in the album’s salacious subject matter) began to dull.

— Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 30 Oct. 2026
What if the creature from John Carpenter’s The Thing had a prurient interest in one of the researchers?

— Brianne Kane, Scientific American, 12 June 2026

Definition of prurient

Adjective

Her world is a Saturday morning cartoon crossed with a smutty joke.

— Jeremy Lybarger, Artforum, 2 June 2026
The first season of the series, based on Elle Kennedy’s smutty YA romance The Deal, follows Briar University juniors Hannah and Garrett, who pretend to date before their feelings for each other get all too real.

— Kenneal Patterson, Vanity Fair, 29 May 2026

Definition of smutty

Adjective

Taylor describes inappropriate physical touch, as well as the knight cornering her and saying vulgar things.

— Alessandra Schade, Vanity Fair, 28 Oct. 2026
In her smartly vulgar The Seasons (1957), which extends nearly 17 feet, Krasner returns to the subject of rebirth one year after Pollock’s death, depicting abundant forms resembling genitalia.

— John Yau, ARTnews.com, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of vulgar

Adjective

Robert also identifies the lustful subtext of Bret’s fixation on Robert and Susan together.

— Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 27 Aug. 2026
In March, the Miami Herald also joined Welty and the Croc Docs on a trip deep in the interior of the northern Everglades to track down lustful male pythons.

— Ashley Miznazi, Miami Herald, 2 July 2026

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