1. The doctrine or practice of belief in fetiches.
2. Excessive devotion to one object or one idea; abject superstition; blind adoration. The real and absolute worship of fire falls into two great divisions, the first belonging rather to fetichism, the second to polytheism proper. Tylor.
FETICHIST; FETISHIST
Fe"tich*ist, Fe"tish*ist, n.
Defn: A believer in fetiches.
He was by nature a fetichist. H. Holbeach.
FETICHISTIC; FETISHISTIC
Fe`tich*is"tic, Fe`tish*is"tic, a.
Defn: Pertaining to, or involving, fetichism. A man of the fifteenth century, inheriting its strange web of belief and unbelief, of epicurean levity and fetichistic dread. G. Eliot.
FETICIDE Fe"ti*cide ( or ), n. [Written also foeticide.] Etym: [Fetus + L. caedere to kill.] (Med. & Law)
Defn: The act of killing the fetus in the womb; the offense of procuring an abortion.
FETICISM
Fe"ti*cism, n.
Defn: See Fetichism.