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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
fetishize .
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Examples
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And perhaps the children of this generation -- or at least many among it -- have been hardened by the general oppressiveness and hostility toward young people in our society that I sometimes think is at least in part an expression of adult envy and resentment, in a culture that worships and even fetishizes youth.
Larry Strauss: Students, How About You Appreciate Your Free Education Before You Lose It? Larry Strauss 2011
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And perhaps the children of this generation -- or at least many among it -- have been hardened by the general oppressiveness and hostility toward young people in our society that I sometimes think is at least in part an expression of adult envy and resentment, in a culture that worships and even fetishizes youth.
Larry Strauss: Students, How About You Appreciate Your Free Education Before You Lose It? Larry Strauss 2011
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Cycling fetishizes pain—the more agony a rider can withstand, the more his or her legend grows.
Nobody Suffers Like Jens Voigt Jason Gay 2011
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Now of course, I am not suggesting that the exhibit fetishizes objects without any curatorial discussion about their underlying ideas so as not to offend Eli Broad, LACMA's largest donor.
Harris Silver: Pacific Standard Time at LACMA:ÂThe Untold Story Harris Silver 2011
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Now of course, I am not suggesting that the exhibit fetishizes objects without any curatorial discussion about their underlying ideas so as not to offend Eli Broad, LACMA's largest donor.
Harris Silver: Pacific Standard Time at LACMA:ÂThe Untold Story Harris Silver 2011
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Everyone has a friend who still fetishizes having a real, solid commodity form of music in their hands.
Advisor: What should I do with my high school CD collection? Boing Boing 2010
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And perhaps the children of this generation -- or at least many among it -- have been hardened by the general oppressiveness and hostility toward young people in our society that I sometimes think is at least in part an expression of adult envy and resentment, in a culture that worships and even fetishizes youth.
Larry Strauss: Students, How About You Appreciate Your Free Education Before You Lose It? Larry Strauss 2011
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And perhaps the children of this generation -- or at least many among it -- have been hardened by the general oppressiveness and hostility toward young people in our society that I sometimes think is at least in part an expression of adult envy and resentment, in a culture that worships and even fetishizes youth.
Larry Strauss: Students, How About You Appreciate Your Free Education Before You Lose It? Larry Strauss 2011
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Brutality is hardwired into football — players get rewarded for it, coaches coach it, fans love it, television fetishizes it and pays billions for it — and playing hurt is the rule, not the exception.
A Snap Judgment on Cutler Jason Gay 2011
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Now of course, I am not suggesting that the exhibit fetishizes objects without any curatorial discussion about their underlying ideas so as not to offend Eli Broad, LACMA's largest donor.
Harris Silver: Pacific Standard Time at LACMA:The Untold Story Harris Silver 2011
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