object of desire

noun phrase

: something that people want to have

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This Emmanuelle is not the object of desire in the film. Zac Ntim, Deadline, 20 Sep. 2024 Women who desired men—as opposed to simply being desired themselves—were terrifying, while for a man being an object of desire could mean weakness. Sarah Nooter / Made By History, TIME, 9 Sep. 2024 The human experience is now mediated by symbols and signs, and overnight oats have become an object of desire, a reflection of our obsession with health and well-being. Reece Rogers, WIRED, 3 Mar. 2024 The Housemaid follows a young woman (Jeon Do-yeon) who’s hired as a nanny for a pregnant housewife (Seo Woo) and becomes the object of desire for the man of the house (Lee Jung-jae). Jordan Crucchiola, Vulture, 14 Feb. 2024 While in captivity, Sebastian becomes an object of desire for the colony’s centurion, who tortures and ultimately executes him for denying his affections. Erik Morse, Vogue, 24 Apr. 2024 As an object of desire, the schoolgirl is familiar enough—as a subject in her own right, less so. Molly Fischer, The New Yorker, 13 Nov. 2023 The red carpet fuels a dream, both for those who live it and for those who follow it from afar, and the shoe itself represents an object of desire, a René Caovilla shoe represents the dream of being able to wear it, perhaps the shoe of fairy tales, the one that suddenly transforms reality. Pino Gagliardi, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Oct. 2023 The Future is the only reason to do anything, the only object of desire. Sarah Yang, Sunset Magazine, 22 Sep. 2023

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“Object of desire.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/object%20of%20desire. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.

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