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also fetich
1
as in problem
something about which one is constantly thinking or concerned
dieting seems to be a fetish with some people
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2
as in talisman
something worn or kept to bring good luck or keep away evil
an archaeologist discovering an old animal tooth that may have been worn as a fetish
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Or the progressive public, with its identitarian fetishes, its class-agnostic multiculturalism that is all gums and no teeth.
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Tyler Austin Harper, The Atlantic, 13 Aug. 2024
That's what seems to have happened with the fictional tale of J.D. Vance's furniture fetish; its apparent fabricator even provided a page reference to Vance's memoir.
—Scott Rosenberg, Axios, 30 July 2024
The rape/bestial fetish is framed as a fantasy imagined by a woman, curiously beginning as an assault.
—Nicholas Bell, SPIN, 31 July 2024
The star of The Boys looked back on his pseudo-superhero character Homelander’s unexpected milk fetish that emerged in the first season and has since become his and showrunner Eric Kripke‘s humorous wink to die-hard fans.
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 1 July 2024
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Tyler Austin Harper, The Atlantic, 13 Aug. 2024
That's what seems to have happened with the fictional tale of J.D. Vance's furniture fetish; its apparent fabricator even provided a page reference to Vance's memoir.
—Scott Rosenberg, Axios, 30 July 2024
The rape/bestial fetish is framed as a fantasy imagined by a woman, curiously beginning as an assault.
—Nicholas Bell, SPIN, 31 July 2024
The star of The Boys looked back on his pseudo-superhero character Homelander’s unexpected milk fetish that emerged in the first season and has since become his and showrunner Eric Kripke‘s humorous wink to die-hard fans.
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 1 July 2024
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“Fetish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fetish. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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