English Explanatory Dictionary

fetishism

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The belief that natural objects have supernatural powers, or that something created by people has power over people.
  2. A form of paraphilia where the object of attraction is an inanimate object or a part of a person's body.
  3. An irrational, obsessive belief in the power of some object or action.

Pronunciation

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Word forms

fetishism fetishisms fetichism

Etymology

From fetish + -ism.

Derived words

circumfetishism commodity fetishism corpus fetishism foot fetishism necrofetishism technofetishism transvestic fetishism wet and messy fetishism
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