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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

Ranging in age from toddlers to teens, these girls speak with a moral clarity that cuts through any defense of this country’s carceral fetish.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 26, 2025

We are running on the energy of farmers’ labor and transmuting it into fetish object, and it feels almost beautiful on set in Los Angeles.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 24, 2024

Komfo Anokye was a powerful fetish priest - a person believed to act as a mediator between the spirit and living.

From BBC Nov. 9, 2023

He always made a fetish of lateness, to indicate that his life was crammed with many things, all of them more important than I was, and today is no exception.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood

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

We must all reexamine our beliefs in a critical and dispassionate spirit to determine whether we are apprehending reality or clinging to mental fetishes.

From Salon Dec. 20, 2025

Someone watching “Lynch/Oz” isn’t likely to need reminding that the history of movies is a history of other movies, or that lots of directors have thematic and visual fetishes.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 9, 2023

In the end, Tenet feels like the most Nolan-y of Nolan’s own films, amping the many quirks of this remarkable filmmaker’s visual, aural and temporal fetishes up to 11.

From Slate Aug. 21, 2020

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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