fetishize
Americanverb (used with object)
verb
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We’ve been taught to fetishize our suffering and villainize our joy — that working toward a long-term goal should feel like work.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 27, 2026
On this week’s Amicus podcast, he explained to Dahlia Lithwick that the inclination to fetishize that which can be justified legally has a way of opening the door to atrocities that cannot be tolerated.
From Slate ● Feb. 3, 2026
“I fell in love with someone who doesn’t fetishize me,” said “13 Reasons Why” star Tommy Dorfman, who recently reintroduced herself as a trans woman.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2023
“You can almost fetishize its details,” said Elizabeth Marlowe, director of the museum studies program at Colgate University.
From New York Times ● Jun. 12, 2023
But they're also beautifully and undeniably French in the way that Americans love to both subvert and fetishize, thanks, again, to that gingham top.
From Salon ● Jan. 30, 2023
The company has historically fetishized refinement, isolation and effortlessness—summed up in the company’s favorite word, “waftability.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 4, 2026
This is a woman who has been in survival mode, who has been fetishized, who has been ignored, not seen.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 12, 2026
“Cowboy Bebop” was a cult-favorite Japanese animated series that fetishized cool American jazz and film noir and Hollywood westerns, and in 2021 Netflix returned the cultural homage by making an American live-action adaptation.
From New York Times ● Aug. 31, 2023
His issue with nonviolence comes when it is fetishized to the exclusion of other methods; a problem that he sees in the current climate movement.
From Slate ● Apr. 15, 2023
But "The Menu" doesn't just satirize the way fine dining kitchens operate; it also skewers the way in which chefs are increasingly fetishized by those seeking an aspirational experience.
From Salon ● Dec. 30, 2022
Salon spoke to Raphael about how we got to this place of "fetishizing health," CBD leggings, and of course, Gwyneth Paltrow and Goop.
From Salon ● Sep. 18, 2022
Casual looks came back thanks to pandemic-era comfort fetishizing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2022
Fashion, in particular, has been a chronic offender, fetishizing millennials and tapping a foot while waiting for the olds to pack up and check into a home.
From New York Times ● Jan. 18, 2022
Aaron countered by asking what the difference is between frequently dating men of color and fetishizing them.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 21, 2021
At any rate, this interest of yours seems less about fetishizing a race than carrying a torch.
From Slate ● Aug. 23, 2021
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