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fetichist

fetichist is the archaic form of fetishist.

Meaning of fetishist

Noun

fetishist (plural fetishists)

  1. One who has a sexual fetish.
    • Like other fetishists, they [foot fetishists] derive a great deal of sexual pleasure from a particular object, in this case, feet.2005, Annabelle du Fouet, “The murky world from whence it all came” (chapter 2), in Weather Balloons Make Rotten Sex Toys, Ellora's Cave, →ISBN, page 38
    Antonyms:
    normophile
  2. (archaic) A believer in magical fetishes or talismans.
    • As well might we charge the people of Massachusetts with being Fetichists, as the Professor charge us with worshipping images.1845, Brownson's Review, page 472
    Synonyms:
    fetisheer

Forms of fetichist

pluralfetichists

Origin of fetichist

From fetich + -ist.

Questions about fetichist

What is fetichist the archaic form of?
Fetichist is the archaic form of fetishist.

Words near fetichist in the dictionary

  1. fetichised
  2. fetichises
  3. fetichising
  4. fetichism
  5. fetichisms
  6. fetichist
  7. fetichistic
  8. fetichists
  9. fetichize
  10. fetichized
  11. fetichizes

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Adapted from Wiktionary: fetichist (page history and authors); fetishist (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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