Definitions

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  • adjective Resembling or characteristic of a fetish.

Etymologies

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fetish +‎ -like

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Examples

  • While those who take fetishlike pleasure in physical books may resist the notion, that vanishing act is what makes electronic reading devices into viable competitors to the printed page: a subsuming connection to the author that is really the basis of our book passion.

    The Future of Reading 2007

  • The hair, for instance, that began as light brown and metamorphosed into gleaming platinum, or the breasts that at times assume a kind of disembodied, fetishlike importance.

    All The Available Light Yona Zeldis McDonough 2002

  • The hair, for instance, that began as light brown and metamorphosed into gleaming platinum, or the breasts that at times assume a kind of disembodied, fetishlike importance.

    All The Available Light Yona Zeldis McDonough 2002

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