fetishistic
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- adjective
- /ˌfɛtɪˈʃɪstɪk/
- NSFW
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fetichista
- To construct the female figure as a phallus is, in Freudian terms, a fetishistic strategy, a gesture at once of recognition and disavowal of the alarming fact that women have no penises.
The ones who really get off on being in women's spaces are the fetishistic transvestites.
- The ones who really get off on being in women's spaces are the fetishistic transvestites.
Examples
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He has a fetishistic attraction to vintage shoes, often seeking out rare pairs that spark his desire.
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Each hums with a fetishistic appeal, the appeal of the "idealized" feminine form on the left, and the appeal of the constellation of commodities on the right.
Academic text (2000) -
Metonymy describes a strongly sensual drive whose reference is immediate pleasure: its focus is voyeuristic, its mode is fetishistic.
Academic text (1996) -
In effect, Lawrence exchanges the orgasmic trope for a masturbatory one in which the female body (or one of its parts) is the object of fetishistic attention.
Academic text (1996) -
In contemplating the story, our attention may be similarly drawn to the female characters it depicts, who, like the fetishistic appendage, are at once deadly silent and seductively clamorous.
Academic text (1992) -
The artist's work often reflects a fetishistic fascination with everyday objects and their aesthetic appeal.
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Many people explore fetishistic desires through role-playing scenarios that involve specific attire or accessories.
Synonyms
Having unusual sexual interests or behaviors
How Sexual
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Fetishistic comes from fetish, which comes from Portuguese feitiço meaning 'magic charm'. That's why fetishistic can mean a sexual attraction to an object or to a part of the body, because the thing seems to hold a strange 'power' to excite someone.