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

• She might diagnose you with fetishism, which is listed along with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder in a curious but extremely influential book called the Diagnostic and .
• One of the attractions was Ebert's essay on Meyer, which examined the director's adherence to the principles of Eisensteinian montage and all-round breast fetishism.
• This sort of civil-liberties fetishism is a hangover from the Vietnam era, when the Nixon Administration wildly exceeded all bounds of legalityspying on antiwar protesters .

• fetichism

News & Articles

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• ‘Somm,’ a Documentary by Jason Wise
  “Somm,” Jason Wise’s documentary about preparing for the master sommelier exam, is less about wine fetishism than about the fetishism of mastery. Dustin Wilson in “Somm.”
  June 20, 2013 - New York Times

Quotes

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• Jean Paul Gaultier in International Herald Tribune
  The letter X "is about fetishism, it's about desire, its about lots of things," Gaultier said with an impish grin.
• Joseph Stiglitz in New York Times
  The main message is to get away from GDP fetishism and to understand the limits to it,Mr. Stiglitz said in an interview. "There are many aspects of our society that are not covered by GDP"