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Romanticize vs Fetishize - What's the difference?

romanticize | fetishize |

As verbs the difference between romanticize and fetishize

is that romanticize is to interpret or view something in a romantic (unrealistic, idealized) manner while fetishize is to make a fetish of; to obsess over.

romanticize

English

Alternative forms

* romanticise (non-Oxford British spelling)

Verb

  • To interpret or view something in a romantic (unrealistic, idealized) manner.
  • To think or act in a romantic manner.

    • 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