verb
- made the object of a fetish; given excessive or irrational importance or attention to something
Usage: past tense and past participle of 'fetishize'; commonly used in cultural criticism and psychology
Examples
- The advertisement fetishized luxury goods, making them seem essential to happiness.
- Critics argue that society has fetishized youth and beauty standards.
- He fetishized the idea of success so much that he neglected his family.
- The film fetishized violence, presenting it as glamorous and exciting.
- Some scholars believe that consumer culture has fetishized material possessions.
- She fetishized the past, unable to accept modern changes.