different between fetishistic vs fetish

English

Alternative forms

• fetichistic (dated)

Etymology

fetishist +? -ic or fetish +? -istic

Adjective

fetishistic (comparative more fetishistic, superlative most fetishistic)

1. Of or pertaining to fetishism or fetishists.

Antonyms

• normophilic

Translations

English

Alternative forms

• fetich (dated [18th c.–present])

Etymology

Borrowed from French fétiche, from Portuguese feitiço, from Latin fact?cius (“artificial”). Doublet of factitious.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) enPR: f?t??sh, f??t?sh, IPA^(key): /?f?t.??/, /?fi?.t??/

Noun

fetish (plural fetishes)

1. Something which is believed to possess, contain, or cause spiritual or magical powers; an amulet or a talisman. [from the early 17th c.]
2. Sexual attraction to or arousal at something abnormally sexual or nonsexual, such as an object or a part of the body. [from the early 19th c.]

   Synonym: paraphilia
3. An irrational, or abnormal fixation or preoccupation; an obsession. [from the 19th c.]
   • 1933, George Orwell, Down and Out in Paris and London (Harvest / Harcourt paperback edition), chapter XXII, page 117:

     We have a feeling that it must be "honest" work, because it is hard and disagreeable, and we have made a sort of fetish of manual work.

Derived terms

• fet
• fetishism
• fetishist
• fetishistic
• fetishize
• fetishlike
• fetishwear

Translations

Anagrams

• feiths, thiefs