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fet⋅ish⋅ism
[fet-i-shiz-uh
m, fee-ti-] 
–noun
| 1. | belief in or use of fetishes. |
| 2. | 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. |
| 3. | blind devotion: a fetishism of sacrifice to one's children. |
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| fet·ish·ism also fet·ich·ism (fět'ĭ-shĭz'əm, fē'tĭ-) n.
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Main Entry: fe·tish·ism
Variant: also fe·tich·ism /-ish-"iz-&m/
Function: noun
: the pathologicaldisplacement of erotic interest and satisfaction to a fetish —fe·tish·is·tic also fe·tich·is·tic /"fet-ish-'is-tikalso "fEt-/ adjective —fe·tish·is·ti·cal·ly /-ti-k(&-)lE/ adverb
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fetishism fet·ish·ism (fět'ĭ-shĭz'əm, fē'tĭ-)
n.
The act of using a fetish for sexual arousal and gratification.
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