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
In detailing the gaudy excesses of the rich — the designer labels, the expensive liquors, the furnishings, the lush travel — Kapoor only enhances their fetishistic status.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 3, 2023
I’ve never wanted to be the fat girl of someone’s dreams – it feels both fetishistic and not connected to who I am or how I see myself.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 18, 2020
With its “Mad Man”-era aesthetic and Alexandre Desplat’s marvelous orchestral score, “Suburbicon” exerts a seductive, fetishistic pull, made all the more delicious by the fact that Moore is cast in a “Vertigo”-like double role.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 24, 2017
First, they were much less removed than we are from the influence of fetishistic and animistic traditions.
From Pantheism, Its Story and Significance Religions Ancient and Modern by J. Allanson Picton
