different between obsess vs fetishize

English

Etymology

From Latin obsessus, perfect passive participle of obside? (“sit on or in, remain, besiege”), from ob (“before”) + sede? (“I sit”); see sit, session, etc.; compare assess, possess.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?b?s?s/

Verb

obsess (third-person singular simple present obsesses, present participle obsessing, simple past and past participle obsessed)

1. (passive, constructed with "with") To be preoccupied with a single topic or emotion.
2. (transitive) To dominate the thoughts of someone.

3. (intransitive, colloquial, construed with over) To think or talk obsessively about.

Related terms

• obsession

Translations

Further reading

• obsess in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• obsess in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• bosses

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)

1. (transitive) To make the subject of (often sexual) obsession.

   Our society has fetishized personal wealth.

2. (transitive) To make into a fetish, or magical object.

Derived terms

• fetishizable
• fetishization
• unfetishized

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