fetishism
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fetishism
noun fetishisms · fetichism
- The belief that natural objects have supernatural powers, or that something created by people has power over people. As for ethics, they are a product of the fetishism of class society and will vanish with it. The proletariat has no need of ethics, and the norms of behaviour that it creates in its own interest are technical in character.
- 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.
- An irrational, obsessive belief in the power of some object or action.
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noun belief that natural objects have supernatural powers
| Español | fetichismo |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 偶像崇拜 ǒuxiàng chóngbài |
| Français | fétichisme |
| Italiano | feticismo |
noun paraphilia where the object of attraction is an inanimate object or a part of a person's body
| Español | fetichismo |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 페티시즘 petisijeum |
| 日本語 | フェティシズム fetishizumu, フェチ fechi |
| 中文 | 拜物教 bàiwùjiào, 拜物主義 /拜物主义 bàiwùzhǔyì, 戀物癖 /恋物癖 liànwùpǐ |
| हिन्दी | वस्तुरति vasturti |
| Português | fetichismo |
| Français | fétichisme |
| Deutsch | Fetischismus |
| Italiano | feticismo |
| Ελληνικά | φετιχισμός fetichismós |
| Română | fetișism |
| Русский | фетиши́зм fetišízm |
Talk about this word "fetishism." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/fetishism. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. fetishism. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/fetishism "fetishism." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/fetishism.
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@misc{fetishism_2026,
title = {fetishism},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/fetishism},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
