fetishization
Noun
Meaning
fetishization (countable and uncountable, plural fetishizations)
The act or process of fetishizing.
Synonyms
Examples
It’s a fleeting voyeuristic fascination, and in this case a cultural outsider’s gaze, too; there’s a fetishization to the way we’re viewing this food, the language, and mannerisms presented and distorting it through our lens, whether personal or social.
The burnout experienced by millennials is textured by how we interact with digital technologies, and some of our ideas about work and the fetishization of overwork.
Following his address, students then participated in more than two dozen discussion sessions, such as “Self-Segregation,” “Burn Baby Burn: Property Destruction & Protest” and “Once You Go Black: Exploring America’s Fetishization of Black Sexuality.”
While most of us are aware of anti-Semitism as the blatant hatred of Jews, it’s also important to know about its ugly cousins: and fetishization.
Through these experiences I became aware of the fetishization of white women in a completely new way.
"You can probably blame a religious fetishization of virginity for the fact that a lot of girls say "no" to sex they actually want."