fetishist
ɪˌʃɪz
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fetishism or fetichism (ˈfɛtɪˌʃɪzəm, ˈfiː-, ˈfɛtɪˌʃɪzəm, ˈfiː-) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
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| 1. | 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 |
| 2. | belief in or recourse to a fetish for magical purposes |
| 3. | excessive attention or attachment to something |
| fetichism or fetichism | |
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| 'fetishist or fetichism | |
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| 'fetichist or fetichism | |
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| fetish'istic or fetichism | |
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| fetishism or fetichism (ˈfɛtɪˌʃɪzəm, ˈfiː-, ˈfɛtɪˌʃɪzəm, ˈfiː-) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | 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 |
| 2. | belief in or recourse to a fetish for magical purposes |
| 3. | excessive attention or attachment to something |
| fetichism or fetichism | |
| —n | |
| 'fetishist or fetichism | |
| —n | |
| 'fetichist or fetichism | |
| —n | |
| fetish'istic or fetichism | |
| —adj | |
| fetich'istic or fetichism | |
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Word Origin & History
fetishism
in the purely psycho-sexual sense first recorded 1897 in writings of Henry Havelock Ellis (1859-1939), from fetish + -ism.
"In certain perversions of the sexual instinct, the person, part of the body, or particular object belonging to the person by whom the impulse is excited, is called the fetish of the patient." [E. Morselli in "Baldwin Dictionary of Philosophy," 1901]
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American Heritage
Medical Dictionary
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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