as in to objectify
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Recent Examples of fetishize
Frances has found success with her documentary, also called Flat Earth, which fetishizes the flyover states.
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Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
Over the past few years, the hottest trend on social media seems to be fetishizing being turned into a woodland creature.
—Hazlitt, 3 Dec. 2025
Some women have believed or internalized this idea, too: that women can and should be fetishized, sexualized, domesticized, but not respected.
—Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 20 Nov. 2025
Has this led me to fetishize my own ignorance over the years?
—Jon Raymond
august 5, Literary Hub, 5 Aug. 2025
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Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
Over the past few years, the hottest trend on social media seems to be fetishizing being turned into a woodland creature.
—Hazlitt, 3 Dec. 2025
Some women have believed or internalized this idea, too: that women can and should be fetishized, sexualized, domesticized, but not respected.
—Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 20 Nov. 2025
Has this led me to fetishize my own ignorance over the years?
—Jon Raymond
august 5, Literary Hub, 5 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for fetishize
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fetishize
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For those who love to objectify, that old attic book smell stays unbeatable.—
Brittany Allen,
Literary Hub,
4 Mar. 2026
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Were the photographs made for prurience, to objectify the victims, or to blackmail the guilty?—
Sam Knight,
New Yorker,
16 Feb. 2026
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The hominid species is often exemplified by a remarkably complete specimen discovered in 1974.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
12 Mar. 2026
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Those attacks really exemplified and amplified the challenge for a lot of Arab states across the region.—
Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
11 Mar. 2026
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Clapper illuminated the installation with lightning bolts to symbolize speed, protection and pride, and included a perforated skin mapping nearby streets.—
Christa Swanson,
CBS News,
8 Mar. 2026
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For decades, the phrase has symbolized the mythos of the Texas Rangers law enforcement agency — and drawn criticism for glossing over parts of its history tied to racial violence and segregation.—
Marley Malenfant,
Austin American Statesman,
4 Mar. 2026
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What this crass worldliness misses is that human-rights issues typified by cases like Jimmy’s aren’t distractions from more important business.—
Bret Stephens,
Mercury News,
12 Feb. 2026
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Their approach that day actually did typify the three core principles, twice scoring from quick attacks (nine minutes apart) with just 27 per cent possession.—
Carl Anka,
New York Times,
31 Jan. 2026
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Whyte’s other songwriting contribution to the album, by contrast, illustrates all that can go wrong with solo Morrissey.—
Ben Cardew,
Pitchfork,
10 Mar. 2026
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As my diagnostic experience illustrates, many of us are told that memory changes are normal aging and that pushing for answers is unnecessary.—
Shon Lowe,
Chicago Tribune,
10 Mar. 2026
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This means deeper, more specialized interactions that allow travelers access to places and people that embody hyperlocality.—
Erin Florio,
Condé Nast Traveler,
10 Mar. 2026
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No fruit embodies the essence of warmer weather quite like the peach, particularly when it is harvested from one's own garden.—
SJ McShane,
Martha Stewart,
10 Mar. 2026
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LaMelo Ball bodying up Noticing a more physical nature from LaMelo Ball this season?—
Roderick Boone,
Charlotte Observer,
7 Mar. 2026
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Those are plays on which the big fellas get a chance just to body defensive backs.—
Derrik Klassen,
New York Times,
14 Jan. 2026
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“Fetishize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fetishize. Accessed 13 Mar. 2026.
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