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fetishism::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | fetichism |
| Type of | paraphilia |
| Derivation | fetishist |
Examples of fetishism
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Individuals with diaper fetishism typically do not imagine themselves as babies.
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He collected antiquities and described intense collecting as a form of fetishism.
From the guardian.co.uk
Understandably, your girlfriend is taking your fetishism as a personal affront.
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What's creepy are people making bizarre, reductive comments about foot fetishism.
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He claimed that individualism was the result of commodity fetishism or alienation.
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It's always easier to see wanton consumer fetishism in others than ourselves.
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They were imprisoned in costumes that subtly combined fashion with fetishism.
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Essentially, fetishism is the attribution of inherent value or powers to an object.
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Alfred Binet suspected fetishism was the pathological result of associations.
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- A belief in the magical power of fetishes (or the worship of a fetish)
- Sexual arousal or gratification resulting from handling a fetish (or a specific part of the body other than the sexual organs)
- (fetishist) one who engages in fetishism (especially of a sexual nature)
- A fetish (derived from the French fu00E9tiche; which comes from the Portuguese feitiu00E7o; and this in turn from Latin facticius, "artificial" and facere, "to make") is an object believed to have supernatural powers, or in particular, a man-made object that has power over others. Essentially, fetishism is the emic attribution of inherent value or powers to an object.
- The practice of using an inanimate object as the focus of sexual pleasure.
- Based on the (usually) male fetishist wanting to avoid his own castration fears by insisting that women have a penis--namely, the fetish. Hm!
- Fetishism in psychoanalysis refers to an over-investment in a strangely (unnaturally) attractive object, person or practice. For Freud, this desire is driven by a significant but unconscious absence or lack, which is then displaced onto something else. ...
- [from Latin facticius artificial] Applied by modern scholars to the practice of worshiping various objects, either natural, as a tooth or claw of some animal, or artificial, as a carved image (idolatry). ...
- In its original sense, a fetish was an idol or other object that had magical significance. In the context of sexual activity, it refers to something that excites an individual's sexual fantasies or desires ...
