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also fetich
1
as in problem
something about which one is constantly thinking or concerned
dieting seems to be a fetish with some people
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2
as in talisman
something worn or kept to bring good luck or keep away evil
an archaeologist discovering an old animal tooth that may have been worn as a fetish
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Recent Examples of fetish
That reputation foreshadows the series’ fetish for both-sidesism and centrist consensus, at one point explicitly equating the right’s embrace of blatant untruths with the left’s enthusiasm for pronouns.
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Alison Herman, Variety, 20 Feb. 2025
If that fetish somehow didn’t already exist, Cronenberg likely created it with Crash.
—A.a. Dowd, Vulture, 28 Apr. 2025
Yeah, that was not from the podcast, but that is a fetish!
—Lexi Carson, HollywoodReporter, 9 Apr. 2025
Real-life allegations of a cannibalism fetish against actor Armie Hammer were also making news, and continue to.
—Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 5 Jan. 2025
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Alison Herman, Variety, 20 Feb. 2025
If that fetish somehow didn’t already exist, Cronenberg likely created it with Crash.
—A.a. Dowd, Vulture, 28 Apr. 2025
Yeah, that was not from the podcast, but that is a fetish!
—Lexi Carson, HollywoodReporter, 9 Apr. 2025
Real-life allegations of a cannibalism fetish against actor Armie Hammer were also making news, and continue to.
—Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 5 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fetish
Noun
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Military aircraft The company’s problems in its commercial plane unit have, understandably, gotten the most attention.—
Chris Isidore,
CNN Money,
4 Aug. 2025
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The country’s education problem is lower education, as shown by the few proficiency tests still permitted in elementary, middle, and high schools in Connecticut, and by their disgraceful performance gaps.—
Chris Powell,
Hartford Courant,
4 Aug. 2025
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The Swedish talisman was not included in the travelling party for a tour of the Far East, which fuelled speculation and created some embarrassing moments for manager Eddie Howe.—
Zak Garner-Purkis,
Forbes.com,
28 July 2025
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Vincent Tan, their owner since 2010, remains very much at the helm amid interest from not just the former Wales talisman’s consortium.—
Richard Sutcliffe,
New York Times,
9 July 2025
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Awash in dark wood, soft leather, stained glass and artful light fixtures, the building is one of Austin's most beautiful restaurants and now home to some of Austin's modern obsessions: pizza and day drinking.—
Matthew Odam,
Austin American Statesman,
30 July 2025
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In other words, what looks like harmless fun could, in the wrong hands, serve as a pipeline into obsession.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
25 July 2025
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And keep an eye out for the penguin — the airline's mascot as penguins don't fly and technically, neither does this particular plane — which appears like an easter egg throughout the space.—
Bahar Anooshahr,
AZCentral.com,
31 July 2025
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Clues to the mascot’s location are released daily on the Fringe website.—
Jared Kaufman,
Twin Cities,
30 July 2025
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Trump's fixation on the Kennedy Center has drawn plenty of ire from members of the late president's family.—
Meredith Kile,
People.com,
29 July 2025
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Others raised doubts that elite universities — with their swelling administrative costs, staggering tuition rates and contentious ideological fixations — are prudent stewards of taxpayer dollars.—
Bloomberg Opinion,
Twin Cities,
27 July 2025
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Among the subjects of the projects are a teen threesome in North Macedonia that leads to a troublesome pregnancy, a shipwreck hiding a sacred amulet on the Atlantic coast of the Sahara, a crumbling blue bus in 1950s Turkey, and mysterious aunt in rural Serbia.—
Leo Barraclough,
Variety,
1 Aug. 2025
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There are also equippable amulets that offer passive and combo-specific bonuses.—
Zackery Cuevas,
PC Magazine,
14 June 2025
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Our preoccupation with food is much more primal than the pull of a Sephora sale.—
Maggie Anders,
Oc Register,
29 July 2025
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The preoccupation with polarization is one of those fairness cons derived from media virtue-signaling.—
Armond White,
National Review,
27 June 2025
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Now, with the S&P 500 trading at new records, the resurgence of meme mania and a pro-crypto White House supporting the crypto industry, investors are looking further out on the risk spectrum of crypto hoping for bigger gains.—
Tanaya Macheel,
CNBC,
28 July 2025
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Pop music, like the rest of American society, has reached the exhausted endpoint of the taboo-litigation mania that’s marred the past decade of our national life.—
Armin Rosen,
The Washington Examiner,
25 July 2025
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“Fetish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fetish. Accessed 7 Aug. 2025.
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