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fetishize

The English word “fetishize” has 3 meanings listed here.

verb

  1. To make the subject of (often sexual) obsession.
  2. To view or treat (someone) in a way that reduces that person to a sexually charged, racial stereotype; to racially objectify.
  3. To make into a fetish, or magical object.

Etymology

From fetish + -ize.

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