fetishize
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fetishize
verb fetishizes · fetishizing · fetishized · fetichise · fetichize
- To make the subject of (often sexual) obsession. Our society has fetishized personal wealth.
- To view or treat (someone) in a way that reduces that person to a sexually charged, racial stereotype; to racially objectify. London, the only actor who feels like she’s playing a real character and not a public-service announcement, reacts realistically to scenarios where Shelley fetishizes her Blackness, but it’s all for naught.
- To make into a fetish, or magical object. Isou and Lemaitre further introduced scriptural systems (metagraphics, or postwriting, and hypergraphy, respectively) that fetishize the graphic as irreducible to vocalization.
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verb to make a fetish of
| Español | fetichizar |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | フェチ化する |
| Français | fétichiser |
Talk about this word "fetishize." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/fetishize. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. fetishize. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/fetishize "fetishize." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/fetishize.
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@misc{fetishize_2026,
title = {fetishize},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/fetishize},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
