Meanings
nounfetishisation (countable and uncountable, plural fetishisations)
plural fetishisations
- UKcountablenonstandarduncountableNon-Oxford British English standard spelling of fetishization.
Their in-group formation is developed through the fetishisation of the terrorist image in propaganda and ‘terrorwave’ – a visual style in which the aesthetics of the militant are worshipped.
2023 May 4, Joshua Molloy, “Terrorwave: The Aesthetics of Violence and Terrorist Imagery in Militant Accelerationist Subcultures”, in Global Network on Extremism and Technology
Origin
- Portuguesefeitiço
- Frenchfétiche
- Englishfetish
- Englishfetishisation
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APA
fetishisation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fetishisation
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“fetishisation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fetishisation. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fetishisation,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fetishisation.
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