fetishism
fetishism is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 32 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Excessive devotion to one object or one idea; abject superstition; blind adoration. The real and absolute worship of fire falls into two great divisions, the first belonging rather to fetichism, the second to polytheism proper. Tylor.
- 2.See Fetich, n., Fetichism, n., Fetichistic, a.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- adorer
- apotheosis
- avatar
- calf
- canonization
- canonize
- deification
- deify
- demonism
- demonolatry
- fetich
- fetichism
- golden
- graven
- hecatomb
- heliolatry
- hero
- holocaust
- human
- idol
- idolatrous
- idolatry
- idolism
- image
- immolation
- infanticide
- lares
- mactation
- penates
- suttee
- worship
- zoolatry
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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