fetishism
noun /ˈfetɪʃɪzəm/
/ˈfetɪʃɪzəm/
[uncountable]- (usually disapproving) the fact of spending too much time doing or thinking about a particular thing or thinking that it is much more important than it really is synonym obsession (1)
- commodity fetishism and the consumer economy
- sexual practices that involve getting pleasure from a particular object
- rubber fetishism
- the worship of an object because it is believed to have magic powers
- the importance of animal fetishism in the history of Egypt