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Definition of Fetichism
1. Noun. A belief in the magical power of fetishes (or the worship of a fetish).
2. Noun. Sexual arousal or gratification resulting from handling a fetish (or a specific part of the body other than the sexual organs).
Definition of Fetichism
1. n. The doctrine or practice of belief in fetiches.
Definition of Fetichism
1. Noun. (archaic form of fetishism) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Fetichism
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fetichism
Literary usage of Fetichism
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Introduction to the Study of Comparative Religion by Frank Byron Jevons (1908)
"Now, it may seem from the practical point of view of the missionary that with
regard to fetichism there can be no question as to what its value is or as to ..."
2. The Positive Philosophy of Auguste Comte by Auguste Comte, Frederic Harrison (1896)
"These evidences show that fetichism is no theological aberration, ... Relation of
That philosophy was as suitable to the fetichism to I moral as to the ..."
3. Psychopathia Sexualis, with Especial Reference to the Antipathic Sexual by Richard Krafft-Ebing (1922)
"But it does by no means follow that all, or even a majority, of the cases of
hand-fetichism allow or require a sadistic or masochistic explanation. ..."
4. System of Positive Polity by Auguste Comte (1877)
"Limited by its nature to the external world, fetichism, unlike Theology, ...
fetichism traced the foundation of man's true wisdom, in practice and in theory ..."
5. Aspects of Child Life and Education by Granville Stanley Hall (1921)
"fetichism IN CHILDREN1 USE OF THE TERMS "FETICH" AND "fetichism" The words fetich
and ... fetichism at first confounded the spirit and the object; later, ..."
6. Historical Philosophy in France and French Belgium and Switzerland by Robert Flint (1893)
"fetichism is the basis of all theology and of all metaphysics. ... Positivism must
go back to fetichism in order to become popular. The pantheism of Germany ..."
7. The Evolution of the Hebrew People and Their Influence on Civilization by Laura Hulda Wild (1917)
"A second of these primitive forms of religion is called fetichism. It is very
similar to animism ... But long before the Portuguese race arose fetichism had ..."
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