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rubberism

rubberism noun: fetishism for rubber or rubberwear.

Noun

rubberism (uncountable)

  1. Fetishism for rubber or rubberwear.
    • Today, fetishism in all its forms - bondage, piercing, rubberism, mummification, asphyxiation, infantilism etc - is stigmatised as a socially unacceptable form of behaviour, even though there is a great deal of curiosity surrounding its practice.1998, Rachel Armstrong, Sci-fi aesthetics, volume 12, numbers 9-10, page 19
    • Rubberism, therefore, was clearly alive, if not well, long before the advent of the permissive 1960's.1994, Bill Thompson, Sadomasochism: painful perversion or pleasurable play?, page 95

Origin of rubberism

From rubber + -ism.

Questions about rubberism

What does rubberism mean?
Rubberism means fetishism for rubber or rubberwear.
What part of speech is rubberism?
Rubberism is a noun.

Words near rubberism in the dictionary

  1. rubberise
  2. rubberised
  3. rubberises
  4. rubberish
  5. rubberising
  6. rubberism
  7. rubberist
  8. rubberists
  9. rubberization
  10. rubberize
  11. rubberized

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