fetishist en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈfɛtɪʃɪst/
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Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁k- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁kyéti Proto-Italic *θakjō Proto-Italic *fakjō Latin faciō Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tos Latin -tus Latin factus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -īcus Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -īcius Latin factīcius Portuguese feitiçobor. French fétichebor. English fetish Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English fetishist From fetish + -ist.
Meanings
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One who has a sexual fetish.
A social media convention among young and famous people is not to show bare feet to avoid attention from foot fetishists.
2025 April 27, Lisa Miller, Maggie Shannon, “When a Child’s Life Becomes the Family Business”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:Like other fetishists, they [foot fetishists] derive a great deal of sexual pleasure from a particular object, in this case, feet.
2005, Annabelle du Fouet, “The murky world from whence it all came” (chapter 2), in Weather Balloons Make Rotten Sex Toys, Ellora's Cave, →ISBN, page 38:[…] in 2024, Lily Allen said she made more money selling pictures of her feet to fetishists than she earned from Spotify streams.
2026 May 28, Amelia Gentleman, “The strange surveilled life of Piper Rockelle: why did a former child influencer decide to go on OnlyFans?”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
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(archaic) A believer in magical fetishes or talismans.
The Fetishist thinks not merely that his Fetish is alive, but that it can help him in war, can cure him of diseases, can grant him prosperity, or afflict him with all the contrary evils.
1866, John Stuart Mill, The Positive Philosophy of Auguste Comte, page 170:As well might we charge the people of Massachusetts with being Fetichists, as the Professor charge us with worshipping images.
1845, Brownson's Review, page 472:These races were Fetichists before they became Buddhist, Mahometan, or Christian.
1882, Sir John Lubbock, The Origin of Civilization and the Primitve Condition of Man: Mental and Social Condition of Savages, page 4:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| fetishists | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Antonyms
Deriveds
fetus fetishist · fetishistic · circumfetishist · technofetishist
Synonyms
fetisheer · fetisher · paraphiliac · kinkster
Translations (12)
el φετιχιστής (one who has a sexual fetish) · tr fetişist (one who has a sexual fetish) · pt fetichista (one who has a sexual fetish) · ca fetitxista (one who has a sexual fetish) · es fetichista (one who has a sexual fetish) · fr fétichiste (one who has a sexual fetish) · el φετιχίστρια (one who has a sexual fetish) · it feticista (one who has a sexual fetish) · de Fetischist (one who has a sexual fetish) · sv fetischist (one who has a sexual fetish) · de Fetischistin (one who has a sexual fetish) · is blætisdýrkandi (one who has a sexual fetish)