FETICHISM; FETISHISM

n.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

The doctrine or practice of belief in fetiches.

2.
n.

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.