as in to objectify
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Recent Examples of fetishize
Argento fetishizes and stylizes the minutiae of violent crime with his usual operatic bravado, obsessing over leather gloves, metallic zippers, and knives plunging into flesh.
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Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 17 Sep. 2024
The baby’s father liked fetishizing Margo’s blue-collar life but wants no part of the reality: His family makes her sign a nondisclosure agreement for a pittance.
—Karin Tanabe, Washington Post, 4 July 2024
People fetishized girl-on-girl kisses and relegated them to the realm of Katy Perry songs.
—Julie Depenbrock, NPR, 22 June 2024
African American performer Josephine Baker was also widely admired, if not fetishized, in France for her caramel skin in the 1920s.
—Kyndall Cunningham, Vox, 22 June 2024
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Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 17 Sep. 2024
The baby’s father liked fetishizing Margo’s blue-collar life but wants no part of the reality: His family makes her sign a nondisclosure agreement for a pittance.
—Karin Tanabe, Washington Post, 4 July 2024
People fetishized girl-on-girl kisses and relegated them to the realm of Katy Perry songs.
—Julie Depenbrock, NPR, 22 June 2024
African American performer Josephine Baker was also widely admired, if not fetishized, in France for her caramel skin in the 1920s.
—Kyndall Cunningham, Vox, 22 June 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fetishize
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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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The animators did a really good job of interpreting it and objectifying it.Ryan Fleming, Deadline, 6 Dec. 2024
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Passing the Torch The best way to keep YA content alive is by continuously looking for fresh voices to bring new perspectives to the genre, the development execs agree, as is exemplified by the Cruel Intentions reboot.Lynette Rice, Deadline, 6 Dec. 2024
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But according to him, Salesforce’s agent product exemplifies a tangible use case for generative AI that will be valuable to the enterprise across the board.Julie Coleman, CNBC, 4 Dec. 2024
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Catalonia’s Tourism Board says the log symbolizes the spirit of the forest, as well as protection and fertility, and helps to teach children patience.Chad de Guzman, TIME, 18 Dec. 2024
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Snowflakes, snowfall, and snowmen symbolize cocaine.Mattha Busby, WIRED, 17 Dec. 2024
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The big irony here is that the Common Core State Standards, which typified and codified this approach, and whose effectiveness tests like the PARCC and SBA were meant to measure, promised to make students college and career ready.Peter Greene, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
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Alvaro Morata typified that: once booed by the Spanish crowd but the head of the gang in Germany, instigating golf lessons, running poker sessions and pulling together Spotify playlists.Phil Hay, The Athletic, 15 July 2024
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Full House Dance 33 Years Later Complete with Outfit To illustrate her point, Barber noted that her own character offered a unique skill for the telethon: a unicycle routine.Virginia Chamlee, People.com, 10 Dec. 2024
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To further illustrate, consider climbers who take on Mount Everest.Joshua Strange, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
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The game has come to embody the spirit of the armed forces; the Black Knights come from the United States Military Academy at West Point and the Midshipmen are from the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis.Stephan Pechdimaldji, Newsweek, 14 Dec. 2024
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Buendia arguably embodied that school of thought more than any other.Jacob Tanswell, The Athletic, 13 Dec. 2024
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Thanks to tricks like variable valve timing and individual throttle bodies 3.0-liter inline-six made 286 horsepower — this in an era when a Ferrari V-8 needed 3.4 liters to squeeze out 296 hp.Will Sabel Courtney, Robb Report, 3 Dec. 2024
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Between 1934 and 1936, Mercedes built just 342 examples of the 500 K. Of these, 29 were bodied as two-seat, open-top Special Roadsters.Howard Walker, Robb Report, 28 Oct. 2024
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