fetish
Example Sentences
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Mr. Armitage distinguishes himself by refusing the fetish of incompleteness.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026
"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
Unfortunately, in her case, Hollywood’s fetish for famous descendents fell short.
From Los Angeles Times • May 26, 2023
It was idiocy, I thought, the military bed-making fetish, but the wisdom of the advice was immediately clear.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
Vocabulary lists containing fetish
