fetishism
noun
belief in or use of fetishes.
fetichism
-
a variation of
fetishism.
Example Sentences
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And the difference is that polytheism means a plurality of gods, whereas fetichism knows no gods, but only spirits.
From An Introduction to the Study of Comparative Religion by F. B. (Frank Byron) Jevons
Accepting his statement that fetichism is ubiquitous, we have the most powerful à priori argument that fetichism is primitive.
From Custom and Myth New Edition by Andrew Lang
This particular form of fetichism was evidently not regarded with favor, but it was the direct evolution of orthodox teaching.
From A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume I by Henry Charles Lea
In Rome, it is at least probable that fetichism, as in Greece, was partly a survival, partly a new growth from the primal root of human superstitions.
From Custom and Myth New Edition by Andrew Lang
His argument in effect is that fetichism is not polytheism, but something different, something out of which polytheism was evolved.
From An Introduction to the Study of Comparative Religion by F. B. (Frank Byron) Jevons
