fetishism
or fet·ich·ism
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.
Origin of fetishism
1Other words from fetishism
- fet·ish·ist, noun
- fet·ish·is·tic, adjective
- fet·ish·is·ti·cal·ly, adverb
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How to use fetishism in a sentence
Under a Philippine hierarchy there would be a danger of the natives reverting to paganism and fetichism.
The Philippine Islands | John ForemanThis foot fetichism has persisted, directed sometimes towards the feet of women, sometimes towards the feet of men.
The Sexual Life of the Child | Albert MollIn other cases of fetichism which I have had under observation, the abnormal fetichistic tendency went much further back.
The Sexual Life of the Child | Albert MollThe observance of those days points back to the period when Fetichism, the worship of Nature, was the prominent form of religion.
Speeches, Addresses, and Occasional Sermons, Volume 2 (of 3) | Theodore ParkerFetichism proper gradually becomes limited to objects possessing a marked individuality.
August Comte and Positivism | John-Stuart Mill
British Dictionary definitions for fetishism
fetichism
/ (ˈfɛtɪˌʃɪzəm, ˈfiː-) /
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
Derived forms of fetishism
- fetishist or fetichist, noun
- fetishistic or fetichistic, adjective
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