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fetishistic

fetishistic adjective: of or pertaining to fetishism or fetishists.

Adjective

fetishistic (comparative more fetishistic, superlative most fetishistic)

  1. Of or pertaining to fetishism or fetishists.
    • A curious fetishistic fear of this grimy volume on the part of her mother prevented her ever allowing it to stay in the house all night, and hither it was brought back whenever it had been consulted.1891, Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d'Urbervilles, volume 1, London: James R. Osgood, McIlvaine and Co., page 36

Antonyms of fetishistic

Forms of fetishistic

comparativemore fetishistic
superlativemost fetishistic
alternative form (archaic)fetichistic

Origin of fetishistic

From fetishist + -ic or fetish + -istic.

Words formed from fetishistic

Questions about fetishistic

What does fetishistic mean?
Fetishistic means of or pertaining to fetishism or fetishists.
What part of speech is fetishistic?
Fetishistic is an adjective.

Words near fetishistic in the dictionary

  1. fetishises
  2. fetishising
  3. fetishism
  4. fetishisms
  5. fetishist
  6. fetishistic
  7. fetishistic necrophiliac
  8. fetishistically
  9. fetishists
  10. fetishizable
  11. fetishization

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