fetishist
fetishist Lexical Profile
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• noun
A person who has a sexual fetish, experiencing strong arousal from a specific non-sexual object, material, or body part.
"The psychologist studied the behavioral patterns of the patient, who identified as a shoe fetishist."
A person who displays an excessive, irrational, or obsessive devotion to a particular object, activity, or detail.
"As a self-proclaimed vinyl fetishist, he spent every weekend scouring independent record stores for rare first pressings."
A believer in or practitioner of religious fetishism, attributing supernatural or magical powers to inanimate objects.
"Early nineteenth-century anthropologists frequently mischaracterized indigenous spiritual practitioners as simple fetishists."
Word Origin & Etymology
Derived from 'fetish' plus the suffix '-ist'. The root 'fetish' comes via French fétiche from Portuguese feitiço ('charm, sorcery'), originally from Latin facticius ('artificial, made by art').