fetishized

past tense of fetishize

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for fetishized
Verb
  • We were objectified by most of our producers.
    Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Appropriation of surplus labor, objectified in commodities, drove the system.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Years later, becoming her distribution partner felt like a full-circle moment — one that symbolized not only professional success, but personal growth.
    Datwon Thomas, VIBE.com, 8 June 2026
  • Participants were encouraged to bring India’s national flag and a book, which organizers said symbolized the right to education and equal opportunity for all.
    ABC News, ABC News, 5 June 2026
Verb
  • Mackenzie Stroemer, who had three goals Tuesday and has been the team’s leading scorer throughout the season, thought the game exemplified the close community on the team.
    Anya Armentrout, Twin Cities, 9 June 2026
  • Where the movie’s true eccentricity comes in is in its combination of breezy comedy with shocking brutality and gore, perhaps most exemplified in an oddly casual moment in a morgue where Seagal and Wayans find a clue in the form of a serial number on a dead woman’s breast implant.
    Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 5 June 2026
Verb
  • One of my favorites is Suzuki Beane (1961) written by Sandra Scoppettone and illustrated by Louise Fitzhugh, a parody of Eloise at the Plaza Hotel.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 June 2026
  • Gambling can also be a health risk, as illustrated through Sorsby receiving treatment for gambling addiction, and lead to financial problems for gamblers.
    Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 9 June 2026
Verb
  • His shot-stopping and courage embodied the tone Marsch was trying to set.
    Joshua Kloke, New York Times, 4 June 2026
  • Mitchum embodied that concept so well, the next man to play Cady — Robert De Niro in Martin Scorsese’s 1991 remake — could only go bigger.
    Ben Travers, IndieWire, 3 June 2026
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“Fetishized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fetishized. Accessed 12 Jun. 2026.

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