Definition of: fetishism

(fē′tish·iz′əm, fet′ish-) noun
1. The belief in, devotion to, or worship of fetishes, or rites used in fetish–worship.
2. The mental state which characterizes such worship; superstition.
3. Psychiatry Sensual or sexual pleasure derived from fixing the attention on a part of the body or on a piece of wearing apparel belonging to a person. Also fe′tich·ism.
—fe′tish·ist noun
—fe′tish·is′tic adjective