"fetishize" meaning in All languages combined

See fetishize on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Audio: en-us-fetishize.ogg Forms: fetishizes [present, singular, third-person], fetishizing [participle, present], fetishized [participle, past], fetishized [past]
Etymology: From fetish + -ize. Etymology templates: {{af|en|fetish|-ize}} fetish + -ize Head templates: {{en-verb}} fetishize (third-person singular simple present fetishizes, present participle fetishizing, simple past and past participle fetishized)
  1. (transitive) To make the subject of (often sexual) obsession. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-fetishize-en-verb-QioQFITj
  2. (transitive) To make into a fetish, or magical object. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Sex Translations (to make a fetish of): fétichiser (French), fetichizar (Spanish), fetişize etmek (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-fetishize-en-verb-Knb-jLhd Disambiguation of Sex: 14 86 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ize, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with French translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 93 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ize: 17 83 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 14 86 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 11 89 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 94 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 20 80 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 12 88 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 24 76 Disambiguation of 'to make a fetish of': 20 80
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: fetichise [dated], fetichize [dated], fetishise Derived forms: fetishizable, fetishization, unfetishized

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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