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Obsess vs Fetishize - What's the difference?

obsess | fetishize |

As verbs the difference between obsess and fetishize

is that obsess is to be preoccupied with a single topic or emotion while fetishize is to make a fetish of; to obsess over.

obsess

English

Verb

(es)
  • To be preoccupied with a single topic or emotion.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2014-06-21, volume=411, issue=8892, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= Magician’s brain , passage=The [Isaac] Newton that emerges from the [unpublished] manuscripts is far from the popular image of a rational practitioner of cold and pure reason. The architect of modern science was himself not very modern. He was obsessed with alchemy.}}
  • (label) To dominate the thoughts of someone.
  • To think or talk obsessively about.

    • Related terms

    * obsession

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    fetishize

    English

    Alternative forms

    *fetishise

    Verb

    (fetishiz)
  • To make a fetish of; to obsess over
    • Our society has fetishized personal wealth.

    Derived terms

    *fetishizable *fetishization *unfetishized