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Czech
Etymology
From fetiš + -ismus.
Pronunciation
Noun
fetišismus m inan
- (ethnography, religion) fetishism (belief that natural objects have supernatural powers)
- (sexuality) fetishism (paraphilia where the object of attraction is an inanimate object or a part of a person's body)
- (expressive) fetishism (irrational, obsessive belief in the power of some object or action)
Declension
Declension of fetišismus (hard masculine inanimate foreign)
Further reading
- “fetišismus”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “fetišismus”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “fetišismus” in Akademický slovník současné češtiny, 2012–2024, slovnikcestiny.cz
- “fetišismus”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)