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fetishism
[ fet-i-shiz-uhm, fee-ti- ]
noun
- belief in or use of fetishes.
- Psychiatry. the compulsive use of some object, or part of the body, as a stimulus in the course of attaining sexual gratification, as a shoe, a lock of hair, or underclothes.
- blind devotion:
a fetishism of sacrifice to one's children.
fetishism
/ ˈfɛtɪˌʃɪzəm; ˈfiː- /
noun
- a condition in which the handling of an inanimate object or a specific part of the body other than the sexual organs is a source of sexual satisfaction
- belief in or recourse to a fetish for magical purposes
- excessive attention or attachment to something
Derived Forms
- ˈfetishist, noun
- ˌfetishˈistic, adjective
Other Words From
- fetish·ist noun
- fetish·istic adjective
- fetish·isti·cal·ly adverb
Word History and Origins
Origin of fetishism1
Example Sentences
I’d say that I’ve been thinking a lot about how the American work ethic is a fetishism of work, the process of work, and not of the worker.
In the world of liberal racism, the problem isn’t hate so much as it is unthinking and callous fetishism.
Fat fetishism has deep roots for many fat people, especially fat women.
Fetishism of the Zui description is, indeed, the natural concomitant of a totemic system.
One of them is that on which we have just commented, the assimilation between Positivism and Fetishism.
Fetishism forms an important link in the evolution of the mere animistic spirit into the god.
Fetishism, phallicism, animism, and tree- and serpent-worship were very common.
Our beginning is with the prevailing religion of Africa, Fetishism.
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