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fetishism
or fet·ich·ism
[ fet-i-shiz-uhm, fee-ti- ]
noun
- 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.
fetishism
/ ˈfɛtɪˌʃɪzəm; ˈfiː- /
noun
- 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
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Derived Forms
- ˈfetishist, noun
- ˌfetishˈistic, adjective
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Other Words From
- fetish·ist noun
- fetish·istic adjective
- fetish·isti·cal·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins
Origin of fetishism1
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Example Sentences
Fetishism of the Zui description is, indeed, the natural concomitant of a totemic system.
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One of them is that on which we have just commented, the assimilation between Positivism and Fetishism.
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Fetishism forms an important link in the evolution of the mere animistic spirit into the god.
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Fetishism, phallicism, animism, and tree- and serpent-worship were very common.
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Our beginning is with the prevailing religion of Africa, Fetishism.
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