fetishism
/fˈɛtɪʃˌɪzəm/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 2.41 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The belief that natural objects have supernatural powers, or that something created by people has power over people.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
A form of paraphilia where the object of attraction is an inanimate object or a part of a person's body.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "That's cross-dressing to you and me and, according to Blanchard and the APA, there are two types – fetishism and autogynephilia."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁k- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁kyéti Proto-Italic *θakjō Proto-Italic *fakjō Latin faciō Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tos Latin -tus Latin factus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -īcus Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -īcius Latin factīcius Portuguese feitiçobor. French fétichebor. English fetish Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English fetishism From fetish + -ism.