fetishism
noun
belief in or use of fetishes.
fetishistic
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a word derived from
fetishism.
Example Sentences
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She shows me her collection of vintage fountain pens, telling me she's "very fetishistic about stationery".
From BBC ● May 22, 2026
While the book’s enchantment with its setting could feel fetishistic, the show’s use of a memorable era feels strangely amnesiac.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2023
Still, for all its attractively appointed torpor, “Corsage” offers a provocative retort to the fetishistic depictions of Elisabeth that have become commodified in Austria over the past 125 years.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 3, 2023
Ray’s perfectionism has sometimes tended to the fetishistic, but never so literally as here.
From New York Times ● Jan. 26, 2022
Hence the fetishistic power of the altar was fully recognized in Greek ritual, and hence also in the cult of Apollo Agyieus the god and the altar are called by the same name.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" by Various
