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fetishism

noun

Etymology

From fetish + -ism.

  1. derived from factīcius
  2. derived from feitiço
  3. borrowed from fétiche
  4. formed as fetishism — “fetish + -ism”

Definitions

  1. The belief that natural objects have supernatural powers, or that something created by…

    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…

    A form of paraphilia where the object of attraction is an inanimate object or a part of a person's body.

    • That's cross-dressing to you and me and, according to Blanchard and the APA, there are two types – fetishism and autogynephilia.

  3. An irrational, obsessive belief in the power of some object or action.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for fetishism. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA