fetishism
or fet·ich·ism
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.
Origin of fetishism
1Other words from fetishism
- fet·ish·ist, noun
- fet·ish·is·tic, adjective
- fet·ish·is·ti·cal·ly, adverb
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How to use fetishism in a sentence
He gives much greater development than before to the Fetishistic, and to what he terms the Theocratic, periods.
August Comte and Positivism | John-Stuart MillTo the Fetishistic view of nature he evinces a partiality, which appears strange in a Positive philosopher.
August Comte and Positivism | John-Stuart Mill
British Dictionary definitions for fetishism
fetichism
/ (ˈfɛtɪˌʃɪzəm, ˈfiː-) /
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 of fetishism
- fetishist or fetichist, noun
- fetishistic or fetichistic, adjective
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