as in to objectify
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Recent Examples of fetishize
In real life, the person convicted of financial fraud and fetishized for cutting a sleazy swath through Vice-era Brooklyn was Kari Ferrell.
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New York Times, 26 Dec. 2024
Determined not to romanticize or fetishize his subjects, Fukunaga confesses to struggling during the editing process, and not always getting the calls right.
—Gavin J Blair, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Nov. 2024
Magazines fetishize Kurdish women—even children—for taking up arms against Islamic fundamentalism.
—Behnam Ben Taleblu, Foreign Affairs, 8 Nov. 2017
But the twist of Harley being yet another leech off Arthur, plus fabricating her own traumatic backstory just to fetishize Arthur’s mental illness, was a disservice to the lore of Harley herself.
—Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 8 Oct. 2024
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New York Times, 26 Dec. 2024
Determined not to romanticize or fetishize his subjects, Fukunaga confesses to struggling during the editing process, and not always getting the calls right.
—Gavin J Blair, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Nov. 2024
Magazines fetishize Kurdish women—even children—for taking up arms against Islamic fundamentalism.
—Behnam Ben Taleblu, Foreign Affairs, 8 Nov. 2017
But the twist of Harley being yet another leech off Arthur, plus fabricating her own traumatic backstory just to fetishize Arthur’s mental illness, was a disservice to the lore of Harley herself.
—Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 8 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fetishize
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Somehow, through a nauseating cascade of increasingly grotesque distortions of the human form, the movie morphs into a meaningful satire on society's stance that older women are irrelevant—blowing a kiss into the camera at the genre's past tendency to objectify female characters.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
23 Dec. 2024
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In recent years, fans have been vocal in their desire to see Anderson receive more respect for her acting career amid complaints that she’s been objectified and overlooked earlier in her career.—
Alli Rosenbloom,
CNN,
9 Dec. 2024
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Ironically, the vast majority of supporting arguments to these claims exemplify the current futility of the U.S. dollar.—
Solo Ceesay,
Rolling Stone,
28 Jan. 2025
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Awarded to a specific sequence in an action film that exemplifies the work of a stunt-coordination team.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
27 Jan. 2025
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The ensemble featured a black velvet fishtail sheath with a pink satin interior, designed to resemble an open clam, with Cardi symbolizing the pearl at its center.—
Mecca Pryor,
Essence,
28 Jan. 2025
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Rejecting the pipeline would symbolize opening pathways toward green jobs, clean energy and growing Florida as a leader in climate resilience.—
Maya Shenefelt,
Orlando Sentinel,
25 Jan. 2025
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Then there’s the MAGA cult, whose bro culture Hegseth typifies: the big tattoos, womanizing and fervent Christian piety.—
Bret Stephens,
The Mercury News,
24 Jan. 2025
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In the round of 16, the reigning champions lacked the decisive edge that typified those victorious runs in 2015 and 2019, losing on penalty kicks to longtime rival Sweden following a goalless draw.—
Jeff Rueter,
The Athletic,
22 Jan. 2025
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More than 30 years after illustrating Norton Juster's cult kids' book, Feiffer returned to the genre as an author, with books like 1993's The Man in the Ceiling (eventually adapted into a musical with Tony Award-winning producer Jeffrey Seller) and his 2010 re-teaming with Juster, The Odious Ogre.—
Etelka Lehoczky,
NPR,
21 Jan. 2025
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The pattern illustrated the unintended effects of Google’s policy changes and how obscure changes made to its advertising rules can have outsize repercussions on groups dependent on the world’s biggest search engine.—
Nico Grant,
New York Times,
21 Jan. 2025
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Brown’s work as Darden provides much of the emotional heart of the story; the character embodies the conflicting perspectives in L.A.’s racially stratified communities that swirled around the case.—
Jennifer Maas,
Variety,
24 Jan. 2025
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Inspired by the romance of Paris—the city of love—this collection embodies the charm and allure that fills its streets.—
Essence,
Essence,
24 Jan. 2025
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On the next Boston possession, Brown bodied Dennis Schröder in transition for a driving bucket.—
Jay King,
The Athletic,
21 Jan. 2025
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The studio executives who hired her for the show began to body shame her as soon as she got selected for the role.—
Zack Sharf,
Variety,
16 Dec. 2024
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“Fetishize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fetishize. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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