fetishize
Origin of fetishize
1- Also especially British, fet·ish·ise .
Words Nearby fetishize
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How to use fetishize in a sentence
The ways the public fetishized Lopez’s body while refusing to respect the labor she performed with it, the way people considered her work and persona trashy while Affleck’s was considered highbrow — it’s all inflected by race, class, and gender.
The Jennifer Lopez-Ben Affleck recoupling is the greatest gossip story we’ve had in years | Constance Grady | August 24, 2021 | VoxThe duo manages to be innovators in a bland retro-fetishizing playlist landscape.
Darkside returns to lay claim to the title of best psychedelic rock band in the world | Jeff Weiss | July 23, 2021 | Washington PostThey will fetishize “sharing personal stories,” but only when the ramifications don’t interfere with the product or create interpersonal conflict.
Companies Are Embracing Empathy to Keep Employees Happy. It’s Not That Easy | Anne Helen Petersen | July 22, 2021 | TimeThe media industry has “fetishized objectivity,” when really the conversation should be about “the idea of fairness.”
Controversy around newsrooms’ social media policies emboldening the call for unionized media workplaces | Sara Guaglione | June 7, 2021 | DigidayIf you fear or fetishize a food, the advice is to eat it so often it becomes normal and unremarkable to eat.
British Dictionary definitions for fetishize
fetishise
/ (ˈfɛtɪʃˌaɪz) /
(tr) to be excessively or irrationally devoted to (an object, activity, etc)
Derived forms of fetishize
- fetishization or fetishisation, noun
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