as in to objectify
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Recent Examples of fetishize
Over the past few years, the hottest trend on social media seems to be fetishizing being turned into a woodland creature.
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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
However, the accusations of me fetishizing the kidnapping and murder of a child are beyond egregious and ridiculous.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 9 July 2025
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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
However, the accusations of me fetishizing the kidnapping and murder of a child are beyond egregious and ridiculous.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 9 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fetishize
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Whether beauty pageants — events that, almost by definition, objectify women — should have any role in today’s world is a matter of debate.—
Oscar Holland,
CNN Money,
29 Nov. 2025
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Trevor as a father, for me, is a kind of parallel thread to Trevor’s relationship with Sam, in that this is a woman that he’s objectified.—
Katie Campione,
Deadline,
13 Nov. 2025
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Soldner exemplifies the federal government in its most elemental form.—
Hanna Rosin,
The Atlantic,
22 Jan. 2026
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Benassaya's story exemplifies a growing movement of technically sophisticated patients who are channeling their diagnoses into AI systems that address gaps their own doctors couldn't fill.—
Craig S. Smith,
Forbes.com,
21 Jan. 2026
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This aesthetic — symbolizing order, leisure and status — spread across continents and centuries, shaping how residential outdoor spaces are designed and maintained today.—
Hummingbird,
New York Daily News,
9 Jan. 2026
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The final scene shot for the mothership series is the last piece of the finale episode with the Dungeons & Dragons game and the shot of the closed door behind Finn Wolfhard's Mike Wheeler, which the Duffers explained symbolized the closure of this coming-of-age story.—
Nick Romano,
Entertainment Weekly,
7 Jan. 2026
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Parton rose to be one of country music’s biggest stars in the 1970s in part by cultivating an extravagant, sexualized, working-class persona, typified by her flamboyant physical appearance that liberal writers proved incapable of understanding or taking seriously.—
Time,
Time,
6 Dec. 2025
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The incredibly imposing home record typifies how consistency continues to endure under Emery.—
Jacob Tanswell,
New York Times,
1 Dec. 2025
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Hedge Fund Manager Selection Matters More Than Ever New data from LCH Investments and Institutional Investor illustrates the manager divide clearly.—
Carrie McCabe,
Forbes.com,
21 Jan. 2026
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And while gold and silver aren't typically considered income-producing assets, a quick glance at the price chart for either over the past year illustrates that, right now at least, both may be able to be sold for a rapid profit.—
Matt Richardson,
CBS News,
20 Jan. 2026
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The life of Universal Friend proved to be particularly illuminating, especially in how Friend established communities that embodied the ideals for which the American Revolution was fought, while elsewhere in the new nation of the United States those ideals fell woefully by the wayside.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
21 Jan. 2026
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In that film, McAdams is bawdily hilarious yet shockingly believable as a high school girl who finds her body being embodied by Schneider’s boorish thief.—
Jenelle Riley,
Variety,
20 Jan. 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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This law from a San Diego County lawmaker expands access to confidential police personnel records by granting civilian oversight bodies the authority to review them during misconduct investigations.—
Sam Schulz,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
1 Jan. 2026
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“Fetishize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fetishize. Accessed 23 Jan. 2026.
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