fetishize

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Etymology

fetish + -ize

Pronunciation

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Verb

fetishize (third-person singular simple present fetishizes, present participle fetishizing, simple past and past participle fetishized)

  1. (transitive) To make the subject of (often sexual) obsession.
    Our society has fetishized personal wealth.
  2. (transitive) To make into a fetish, or magical object.

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