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fetichism

NOUN
  1. sexual arousal or gratification resulting from handling a fetish (or a specific part of the body other than the sexual organs)
  2. a belief in the magical power of fetishes (or the worship of a fetish)

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  • The word "fetichism" came into the European languages through the work of Charles de Brosses, who, in The Religions of Japan From the Dawn of History to the Era of Méiji
  • The anthropologist calls it "fetichism" when he finds it among primitive peoples. By the Christmas Fire
  • This astrolatry, originally a kind of fetichism, became nature-worship, and gradually rose to the worship of the intelligence manifested to our contemplation in the movement of the heavenly luminaries. A Comparative View of Religions
  • Page 166 when the notion of sacerdotalism is scattered from before his clouded vision, when transmitted ethnic fetichism is eradicated from his religion, and the virility of his nature, bared of empty forms of righteousness, is breathed upon by the spirit of God himself. The American Negro: What He Was, What He Is, and What He May Become: A Critical and Practical Discussion
  • Fetichism of the African, by the simplest and most shapeless objects, such as unhewn blocks of stone and by simple pillars or pieces of wood. Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life
  • It may be noted that in the very typical case of foot-fetichism which is presented to us in the person of Restif de la Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 5 Erotic Symbolism; The Mechanism of Detumescence; The Psychic State in Pregnancy
  • What we call "fetichism" is, I suppose, merely the childish way of looking at and explaining the world, which did not, in the case of the people of West Africa, preclude a belief in the one true God, although He was regarded by them as far away and not interested in the little affairs of men. The Religious Life of the Negro.
  • We see Jesus here intentionally diverting attention from all kinds of magic, every kind of fetichism, everything carnal in religion. The Miracles of Jesus
  • It is this philosophy, currently known as fetichism, but treated by Mr. Tylor under the somewhat more comprehensive name of "animism," which we must now consider in a few of its most conspicuous exemplifications. Myths and Myth-makers: Old Tales and Superstitions Interpreted by Comparative Mythology
  • But they do not connect this kind of fetichism with their poetry; and even their greatest poets, with the exception of Dante, have shown no capacity or no inclination for enhancing the imaginative effect of their creations by an appeal to the instinct of mysterious awe. Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Second Series
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