fetishize
verb (used with object)
to make a fetish of.
fetishization
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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
The West’s fetishization and exploitation of countries like Bhutan — regularly described as the world’s last Shangri-La — informs the movie ever so gently.
From New York Times ● Feb. 8, 2024
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
Is there any chance this might have made him rethink his lifelong fetishization of bipartisanship?
From Slate ● Jun. 24, 2022
He added, "There is no deeper psychological purpose in this. It is a sort of fetishization of others' suffering."
From Salon ● Feb. 20, 2022
