fetishization
- a word derived from fetishize.
Example Sentences
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Abareshi’s work comments on the fetishization and scrutiny of disabled bodies and pushes viewers to reflect on their discomfort and pleasure.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 31, 2025
For Naumann, such fetishization falls far short of a reckoning with the past.
From New York Times • Feb. 13, 2023
Rather than unpack the fetishization of Hayek, Burning Down the House argues that libertarians ought to revere him, but for different reasons than they do.
From Slate • Dec. 5, 2022
With this opening sentence, historian Coll Thrush begins his study of the city and its conflicting relationship with Indigenous communities, which has lurched between dependence, hostility, fetishization and erasure.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 16, 2022
I have so many concerns around the fetishization of weddings to the exclusion of actually understanding marriage.
From Salon • Mar. 20, 2022
