noun
also fet·ich·ism -ˌshizəm
( -s )
1. : belief in and use of magical fetishes
tribes that still practice fetishism
: a religion marked by the use of fetishes
2. : extravagant irrational devotion to some object, idea, or practice : worship
fetishism of the Bible as a material object
a fetishism of luxury goods
suffers from fetishism of weekly housecleaning
3. : the often pathological displacement of erotic or libidinal interest and satisfaction to a fetish (as an inanimate object) — compare partialism