different between fetishize vs fetish
fetishize
English
Alternative forms
- fetichise (dated)
- fetichize (dated)
- fetishise
Etymology
fetish +? -ize
Pronunciation
Verb
fetishize (third-person singular simple present fetishizes, present participle fetishizing, simple past and past participle fetishized)
- (transitive) To make the subject of (often sexual) obsession.
- Our society has fetishized personal wealth.
- (transitive) To make into a fetish, or magical object.
Derived terms
- fetishizable
- fetishization
- unfetishized
Translations
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fetish
English
Alternative forms
- fetich (dated [18th c.–present])
Etymology
Borrowed from French fétiche, from Portuguese feitiço, from Latin fact?cius (“artificial”). Doublet of factitious.
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) enPR: f?t??sh, f??t?sh, IPA(key): /?f?t.??/, /?fi?.t??/
Noun
fetish (plural fetishes)
- Something which is believed to possess, contain, or cause spiritual or magical powers; an amulet or a talisman. [from the early 17th c.]
- Sexual attraction to or arousal at something abnormally sexual or nonsexual, such as an object or a part of the body. [from the early 19th c.]
- Synonym: paraphilia
- An irrational, or abnormal fixation or preoccupation; an obsession. [from the 19th c.]
- 1933, George Orwell, Down and Out in Paris and London (Harvest / Harcourt paperback edition), chapter XXII, page 117:
- We have a feeling that it must be "honest" work, because it is hard and disagreeable, and we have made a sort of fetish of manual work.
- 1933, George Orwell, Down and Out in Paris and London (Harvest / Harcourt paperback edition), chapter XXII, page 117:
Derived terms
- fet
- fetishism
- fetishist
- fetishistic
- fetishize
- fetishlike
- fetishwear
Translations
Anagrams
- feiths, thiefs
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