as in to objectify
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Recent Examples of fetishize
Nineteenth-century Americans and Europeans collected locks of hair from the living and the dead alike, fetishizing these keepsakes.
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Margaret Talbot, New Yorker, 21 July 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
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 . . .
—Brendan Fitzgerald, Longreads, 26 June 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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Margaret Talbot, New Yorker, 21 July 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
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 . . .
—Brendan Fitzgerald, Longreads, 26 June 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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fetishize
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Eklöf‘s answer was to objectify him instead.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
13 Oct. 2025
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We were objectified by most of our producers.—
Olivia B. Waxman,
Time,
3 Oct. 2025
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Alicia Keys has crafted an amazing story that exemplifies how we are all connected in one way or another.—
Dave Quinn,
PEOPLE,
7 Nov. 2025
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Produced independently, the work exemplifies the festival’s attention to animation as an accessible tool for personal essay cinema.—
Callum McLennan,
Variety,
7 Nov. 2025
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Putnam asserted that the long-term decline in social connection and civic engagement—symbolized in his book by the fact that the number of people participating in bowling leagues has fallen off a cliff—is the core issue facing America.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
6 Nov. 2025
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The seal symbolizes the monarch's approval of state documents, meaning the decision is now official, legal and final.—
Taijuan Moorman,
USA Today,
6 Nov. 2025
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Both exhibitions typify the value of artist-run spaces, from the non-sanitized look of the Rice Hotel to the dynamics of the shows themselves.—
Mario Rodriguez,
Miami Herald,
23 Oct. 2025
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His goal against Brentford typified this transformation, carving out a chance by brute force to drag a stuttering City performance over the line.—
Phil Hay,
New York Times,
17 Oct. 2025
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Emailing or texting similar job postings can help to illustrate what an IT pro is looking for.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
6 Nov. 2025
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The exchange illustrated that tensions remain high in Congress as the government shutdown continues into its 37th day.—
Ross O'Keefe,
The Washington Examiner,
6 Nov. 2025
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But for the past five years, Durie, a Chelsea Flower Show Gold Medalist, has been working on a project that’s even bigger than television—a biophilic home that fully embodies his personal vision of sustainable luxury.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
11 Nov. 2025
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Jhené Aiko will receive the Glow Getter Award, which honors women who embody wellness, self-care and purpose.—
Heran Mamo,
Billboard,
11 Nov. 2025
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Gotta body those wideouts and slow up those quick turns off the line.—
Joe Nguyen,
Denver Post,
2 Nov. 2025
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Each syllable an aeon, each body its true size.—
Jana Prikryl,
Harpers Magazine,
19 Sep. 2025
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“Fetishize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fetishize. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.
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