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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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Recent Examples of fetish
Pueblo artists sell their handiwork daily in the courtyard, and the center’s gift shop displays authentic Pueblo jewelry, pottery, clothing and textiles, fetishes, and more.
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Chadd Scott, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025
Suddenly adrift following the disappearance of her sleazy father, Yasmin starts a relationship with Henry Muck — an aristocrat with a urine fetish.
—Louis Staples, Rolling Stone, 23 Dec. 2024
Chastity can be practiced as an extremely private fetish!
—Mikelle Street, Them, 9 Oct. 2024
Jake’s made an occupational fetish of going where the danger is.
—Andy Andersen, Vulture, 15 Feb. 2024
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Chadd Scott, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025
Suddenly adrift following the disappearance of her sleazy father, Yasmin starts a relationship with Henry Muck — an aristocrat with a urine fetish.
—Louis Staples, Rolling Stone, 23 Dec. 2024
Chastity can be practiced as an extremely private fetish!
—Mikelle Street, Them, 9 Oct. 2024
Jake’s made an occupational fetish of going where the danger is.
—Andy Andersen, Vulture, 15 Feb. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fetish
Noun
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This has presented the astronomy community with a problem.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
17 Feb. 2025
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Most years, the Jets and Everton are in the shadows of the other teams in their city, the Giants and Liverpool, while injury problems to star players are another common theme.—
Eduardo Tansley,
The Athletic,
17 Feb. 2025
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In this type of memoir, books are generally held up as life-changing talismans.—
Kristen Martin,
The Atlantic,
31 Jan. 2025
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Another key feature are monkeys; over 140 statues of primates adorn rooftops and gateposts, and much like the Testa di Moro pottery that came to define Season 2, monkeys are the new talisman for the mischief unfolding beneath their treetop perch.—
Charlie Campbell,
TIME,
24 Jan. 2025
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Julio Torres’ writing is masterful, a parody of conspiracy movies and pet obsessions that people have, but also…seriously James Cameron, what the hell?—
Harrison Richlin,
IndieWire,
11 Feb. 2025
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Now, watch RuPaul's Drag Race stars spill secrets: Shop all of our latest obsessions in one place!—
Jolene Edgar,
Allure,
11 Feb. 2025
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Duo is not the first brand mascot to die around the Super Bowl.—
April Rubin,
Axios,
15 Feb. 2025
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Duolingo’s make-believe owl mascot Duo dies by Cybertruck in new TikTok These videos are bringing joy to the internet: Inside 'The Jennifer Hudson Show' Spirit Tunnel Bill to rename Greenland to 'Red, White and Blueland' introduced by Georgia Rep. Buddy Carter What does Presidents Day commemorate?—
James Powel,
USA TODAY,
15 Feb. 2025
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That fixation on good manners was dropped by season two, allowing RHOP to ascend to greatness.—
Louis Peitzman,
Vulture,
29 Jan. 2025
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Then, as soon as the light levels rose enough to support active carbon fixation in late March, the algae were ready to explode into action.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
29 Jan. 2025
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Both the time of the amulet’s burial and its location are significant.—
Paul Smaglik,
Discover Magazine,
23 Dec. 2024
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But the Frankfurt amulet appears to be purely Christian in nature.—
Tim Ryan,
Newsweek,
18 Dec. 2024
Noun
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His camera’s graceful gyrations render all the more explicit the inextricable bond of dramas and their landscapes, embodying the film’s ideal of a physical and aesthetic connection with nature—its preoccupations with the spiritual dimensions of landscape and climate, color and texture.—
Richard Brody,
The New Yorker,
5 Feb. 2025
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Schrader doubles down on his thematic and stylistic preoccupations — Bressonian visual gestures, Dostoyevskian spiritual journeys, and a pointed social conscience, to name a few — but The Card Counter never feels like a retread of past ideas.—
Vikram Murthi,
Vulture,
21 Jan. 2025
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Meta had to rebuild their data centers by racking billions of dollars worth of GPUs, years before the current Gen AI mania.—
Mia Galuppo,
The Hollywood Reporter,
11 Feb. 2025
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But, even that can be viewed as a feature, not a bug, as George and Harold’s artistic hubris is essential to the mania and meta-humor that ensues.—
James Grebey,
Vulture,
31 Jan. 2025
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“Fetish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fetish. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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