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fetishist

fetishist

3 9.0
A person who gets sexual pleasure from an object, body part, or action
  • noun
  • /ˈfɛtɪʃɪst/
  • NSFW
translation icon : fetichista
  • If you're a foot fetishist, you write about feet.
  • foot fetishist
  • sexual fetishist

Examples

  • As a self-proclaimed fetishist, she found herself fascinated by vintage lingerie.

  • Cockburn's willingness to disclose his own identity as a fetishist and consumer is what makes him a potentially credible exposer of the soft-porn advertising industry.

    Academic text (1996)
  • - He was a foot fetishist.

  • So by your own rationale, I am not merely a fetishist.

    Blog text (11)
  • That what is a kink only truly held by some people bleeds out into the general sex culture; you don't see the same thing happening with shoe fetishists.

    Blog text (10)
  • He openly identified as a fetishist for shoes, often collecting rare pairs that excited him.

  • Many people enjoy sharing their experiences with being a fetishist in online forums.

Compounds

fetus fetishist
  • Offensive
9.9

A person who feels sexual attraction to unborn babies

How Fixated

fetishist
  • NSFW
3 9.0
sex object
  • Offensive
9 7.0

Surface Forms

fetishist singular
fetishists plural

Morphology

fetishist = fetish (transparent) = fetish + ist

The agentive suffix '-ist' forms 'fetishist' straightforwardly meaning 'a person characterized by a fetish', so the meaning is directly derivable from 'fetish'.

Etymology

Fetishist comes from fetish, which comes from Portuguese feitiço meaning 'charm' or 'made object', and from Latin facere 'to make'. Sailors used the word for African objects thought to have magic, so a fetishist is someone who has very strong attention or desire for a particular object or body part, often with a sexual feeling.