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fetishism
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fet·ish·ism also fet·ich·ism  (ft-shzm, ft-)
n.
1. Worship of or belief in magical fetishes.
2. Excessive attachment or regard.
3. The displacement of sexual arousal or gratification to a fetish.
fetish·ist n.
fetish·istic adj.
fetish·isti·cal·ly adv.
fetishism, fetichism
Psychiatry. the compulsive use of some object or part of the body as a sexual stimulus, as a shoe, underclothes, a lock of hair, etc. — fetishist, fetichist, n. — fetishistic, fetichistic, adj.
See also: Sex
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Noun1.fetishism - a belief in the magical power of fetishes (or the worship of a fetish)
fetichism
belief - any cognitive content held as true
2.fetishism - sexual arousal or gratification resulting from handling a fetish (or a specific part of the body other than the sexual organs)
fetichism
paraphilia - abnormal sexual activity


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His examples, mostly of Western art and Western audiences, demonstrate how human bodies have been read as signs, and images (even abstract ones) have been treated fetishistically, as if they were human actors.
Notes on African art, history and diasporas within by Peffer, John / African Arts
The narrative spareness and ponderous tempo of Graham's film, however, remove the Rheinmetall from any such worldly associations: A series of lingering close-ups make it initially seem that the artist's sole aim was to pore fetishistically over every one of the machine's precisely tooled components.
Rodney Graham: 303 Gallery by Burton, Johanna / Artforum International
Thomson reports that seeing the leg-locks, thumb-screws and the like, "all fetishistically displayed in Turin's Museum of Fine Art, Levi felt disgusted.
A Matter of Writing Life and Death. by McDonald, Michael P. / The National Interest
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