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Definition of Fetishism
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 Fetishism
1. Noun. the belief that natural objects have supernatural powers, or that something created by people has power over people. ¹
2. Noun. a form of paraphilia where the object of attraction is an inanimate object or a part of a person's body. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Fetishism
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Medical Definition of Fetishism
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1. The doctrine or practice of belief in fetiches.
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Fetishism
Literary usage of Fetishism
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"C. de Brosses first employed fetishism as a general descriptive term, ...
This comparison led Pietschmann to emphasize the elements of fetishism in the ..."
2. Lectures on the Origin and Growth of Religion as Illustrated by the by Friedrich Max Müller (1879)
"If everywhere else there are antecedents of a fetish, if everywhere else fetishism
is accompanied by more or less developed religious idea, why should we ..."
3. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1911)
"These three theories may conveniently be termed fetishism, animism (with its ...
The theory of fetishism (qv), dating from the period of Voltaire and Hume ..."
4. The Origin and Development of Religious Belief by Sabine Baring-Gould (1892)
"fetishism—The philosophy of fetishism—Obligations owed by humanity to fetishism—Defect
in fetishism ; 2. Symbolism—All expressions of ideas are ..."
5. Pioneering on the Congo by William Holman Bentley (1900)
"fetishism takes its place in the list of systems of religion, but it must be ...
There is no worship, no idolatry in fetishism, only a dark agnosticism, ..."
6. Religions of the Past and Present: A Series of Lectures Delivered by Members by James Alan Montgomery (1918)
"fetishism The belief that all things in Nature are animate and that they possess
volition, immortality and other mysterious attributes has developed in the ..."
7. Report of the Annual Meeting (1879)
"On the Origin of fetishism. By ANDREW LAKG. ... which regard fetishism as a
corruption of a higher religion, the author seeks to prove that it is a ..."
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