"At the same time an Alan Turing fetish means we might overlook the other great people who worked in early computing" --- They could have used many other words

"At the same time an Alan Turing fetish means we might overlook the other great people who worked in early computing" --- They could have used many other words instead of fetish. I have to wonder if the word subconsciously chosen for the history of his personal life... I hope not.