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FETISHIZE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does fetishize mean?
• FETISHIZE (verb)
The verb FETISHIZE has 1 sense:
1. make a fetish of
Familiarity information: FETISHIZE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
| Conjugation: |
Present simple: I / you / we / they fetishize ... he / she / it fetishizes
Past simple: fetishized
Past participle: fetishized
-ing form: fetishizing
... he / she / it fetishizes Past simple: fetishized
Past participle: fetishized
-ing form: fetishizing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Make a fetish of
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "fetishize" is one way to...):
adore (love intensely)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Derivation:
fetish (excessive or irrational devotion to some activity)
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