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fet·ish·ism (--iz′əm)

noun

  1. worship of or belief in fetishes
  2. Psychiatry an abnormal condition in which erotic feelings are excited by a nonsexual object, as a foot, glove, etc.

Etymology: Fr fétichisme

fetishism Related Forms
fet·ish·ist noun fet′·ish·is·tic adjective
fetishism Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • commodity: The basic process was analyzed by Marx who laid bare the fetishism of commodities.
  • style: Trotsky had warned about the fetishism of the style of Great Realism in ' Literature and Revolution ' .

Converse of object

  • call: Many people, especially in small countries like Sweden, indulge in what might be called a fetishism of the UNO.

Preposition: in

  • archeology: People, things and archeological knowledge: an exploration of the significance of fetishism in archeology.

Adjective modifier

  • technological: In his concluding chapter Rutsky analyzes contemporary technological fetishism.
  • sexual: However, perhaps the most influential arena for her work, if not a little unusual, lies within the forum of sexual fetishism.
  • constitutional: Here Woods lapses back into constitutional fetishism, of a particularly silly form.
  • certain: Distinctively Besson embraces a certain fetishism of style, developing a film language that is essentially colored, highly stylized, energetic and mysterious.

Noun used with modifier

  • commodity: Marx analyzed what he called ' commodity fetishism ' in Capital.
  • hardware: Not that hardware fetishism is bad, or even unimportant.
fetishism Quotes

   Commodity fetishism is the true God of this nation.

—Tate, Greg

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