fetichism
- a variation of fetishism.
Example Sentences
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How sedulously this fetichism was inculcated by those who profited from the control of the fetiches is shown by a thousand stories and incidents of the time.
From A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume I by Lea, Henry Charles
The question therefore is first whether the difference is so great, and next whether it is the real difference between fetichism and religion in the polytheistic stage.
From An Introduction to the Study of Comparative Religion by Jevons, F. B. (Frank Byron)
Let us hold over for the moment the question whether fetichism is or is not a form of religion; and let us enquire how far the account given by Bosman's negro accords with the facts.
From An Introduction to the Study of Comparative Religion by Jevons, F. B. (Frank Byron)
Mr. Müller founds a very curious argument on what he calls ‘the ubiquity of fetichism.’
From Custom and Myth New Edition by Lang, Andrew
But, were it otherwise, then other elements of savage religion may also have been neglected there, and it will be impossible to argue that fetichism did not exist because it is not mentioned.
From Custom and Myth New Edition by Lang, Andrew
