— fetishist , n. — fetishistic , adj. — fetishistically , adv.
/fet"i shiz'euhm, fee"ti-/ , n.
1. belief in or use of fetishes.
2. Psychiatry. the compulsive use of some object, or part of the body, as a stimulus in the course of attaining sexual gratification, as a shoe, a lock of hair, or underclothes.
3. blind devotion: a fetishism of sacrifice to one's children.
Also, fetichism .
[ 1795-1805; FETISH + -ISM ]