as in to objectify
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Recent Examples of fetishize
If Welch’s considerable foibles have been dropped from the legend, the timeline bungled, the alcoholism and probable mental illness minimized, the use of racial epithets and the overt misogyny ignored, his death fetishized into a form of transfiguration . . .
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Brendan Fitzgerald, Longreads, 26 June 2025
There’s an Andy Warhol silkscreen of Jackie O. — Jennifer fetishized America’s fashionable wives — a picture of the Dulos children, and, on the second floor, closets filled with children’s shoes and clothes.
—Rich Cohen, Rolling Stone, 20 May 2025
Here was a country that demanded movement, that fetishized the pioneering spirit, yet my family in South Asia had, during the 1947 partition of India, known far more upheaval within living memory than my husband’s.
—Andrew Moore, New York Times, 15 May 2025
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Trophy Wives Desperate, real, trad, or mad—housewives have been celebrated, pilloried, and fetishized for ages.
—Michael Odell, Air Mail, 10 Apr. 2025
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Brendan Fitzgerald, Longreads, 26 June 2025
There’s an Andy Warhol silkscreen of Jackie O. — Jennifer fetishized America’s fashionable wives — a picture of the Dulos children, and, on the second floor, closets filled with children’s shoes and clothes.
—Rich Cohen, Rolling Stone, 20 May 2025
Here was a country that demanded movement, that fetishized the pioneering spirit, yet my family in South Asia had, during the 1947 partition of India, known far more upheaval within living memory than my husband’s.
—Andrew Moore, New York Times, 15 May 2025
Here’s exactly how to do it By Ashley Baker
Read On
Very Online
Trophy Wives Desperate, real, trad, or mad—housewives have been celebrated, pilloried, and fetishized for ages.
—Michael Odell, Air Mail, 10 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fetishize
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Women were both empowered and objectified, deemed capable of being in charge but still overtly sexualized.—
Thessaly La Force,
New Yorker,
29 Aug. 2025
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Teenagers today probably objectify others in more politically correct terms.—
Jay Deitcher,
Time,
6 Aug. 2025
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Microsoft's partnership with Be My Eyes exemplifies this approach, using high-quality, disability-representative data to improve AI accuracy and reduce bias.—
Cornelia C. Walther,
Forbes.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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Now ready for pre-sale, the Sync Oven and Sync Air Fryer exemplify an idea beyond a kitchen tool, one that replaces hesitation with clarity and guesswork with certainty.—
Matt Emma,
USA Today,
12 Sep. 2025
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Biden and, by extension, Harris will be remembered even and perhaps especially by Democrats as symbolizing disappointment and defeat.—
W. James Antle III,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
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Its alignment with figures like North Korea’s Kim Jong Un symbolizes the isolation and reputational decay of a regime that relies on coercion rather than consent.—
Ken Silverstein,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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Broadly speaking, historians agree that the sensationalist reporting of Spanish atrocities in Cuba and the mysterious sinking of the USS Maine, which typified the Yellow Journalism era, contributed to the U.S. decision to enter the Spanish-American War in 1898.—
Emil Steiner,
Forbes.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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These kinds of contending interests typify the Peterverse, and the world of longevity as a whole: the influencer who touts a new treatment often owns a stake in (or receives a reciprocal logroll from) the company that makes it.—
Tad Friend,
New Yorker,
4 Aug. 2025
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The timing, although likely coincidental, illustrated the dilemma Democrats currently face.—
Mabinty Quarshie,
The Washington Examiner,
11 Sep. 2025
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Still, Carney’s lyrical piece, a sort of prose poem-flash fiction hybrid, written from the point of view of an unborn baby, illustrates a womb space at once protective and cage-like.—
Manuel Muñoz,
Literary Hub,
11 Sep. 2025
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Mothers and sons embody the full spectrum of human flaws.—
Sam Sussman
September 16,
Literary Hub,
16 Sep. 2025
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Featuring soaring ceilings, open floor plans, and industrial character, lofts embody a mix of history and contemporary features that appeal to a wide range of inhabitants.—
Rebecca Shinners,
Architectural Digest,
16 Sep. 2025
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His or her voice is the means by which the author’s work is bodied forth, and is the main channel along which thought and feeling are to flow.—
Adam Verner
September 3,
Literary Hub,
3 Sep. 2025
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Of that, only 49 right-hand-drive examples were bodied to Design No. 2045.—
Rachel Cormack,
Robb Report,
26 Aug. 2025
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“Fetishize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fetishize. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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