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fetish

[fet-ish, fee-tish] / ˈfɛt ɪʃ, ˈfi tɪʃ /




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Mr. Armitage distinguishes himself by refusing the fetish of incompleteness.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026

Instead, Fehlbaum fills the frame with his fetish for tactile objects: stopwatches, soldering irons, stacks of sandwiches, dot-matrix printers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 12, 2024

"Or it was chic the first time Lloyd did it, but now it just looks like a fetish for ventilation ducts."

From BBC ● May 24, 2024

In both films, guns become truly dangerous when they become a fetish: an object worshipped for its supposed power and symbolic meaning.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 3, 2023

The Masks appeared demoralized by the destruction of their most powerful fetish.

From "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer

Tupper’s Mick, at the mercy of his brittle fetishes, may be the most believable of this quartet.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026

Our interconnected society resembles every worst part of civilization throughout history, but with a few new fetishes of its own.

From Salon ● Apr. 24, 2026

Former President Lazarus Chakwera insists the canines, trained to detect weapons, black-magic fetishes and other potential threats, are key members of his security detail.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 13, 2026

Twins were believed to be the result of fetishes.

From New York Times ● Feb. 12, 2024

People flocked to the roads, banging with sticks and fetishes on the hoods of the army convoy that took him away.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver


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