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I had an almost fetishistic attraction to film technology.
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Meaning of "fetishistic" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF FETISHISTIC

fetishistic  [ˌfɛtɪˈʃɪstɪk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FETISHISTIC

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Fetishistic is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES FETISHISTIC MEAN IN ENGLISH?

fetishistic

Fetishism

A fetish is an object believed to have supernatural powers, or in particular, a man-made object that has power over others. Essentially, fetishism is the emic attribution of inherent value or powers to an object.

Definition of fetishistic in the English dictionary

The definition of fetishistic in the dictionary is of or relating to sexual fetishism.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FETISHISTIC


anachronistic
əˌnækrəˈnɪstɪk
artistic
ɑːˈtɪstɪk
autistic
ɔːˈtɪstɪk
ballistic
bəˈlɪstɪk
characteristic
ˌkærɪktəˈrɪstɪk
cystic
ˈsɪstɪk
fascistic
fəˈʃɪstɪk
futuristic
ˌfjuːtʃəˈrɪstɪk
holistic
həʊˈlɪstɪk
linguistic
lɪŋˈɡwɪstɪk
logistic
lɒˈdʒɪstɪk
mystic
ˈmɪstɪk
optimistic
ˌɒptɪˈmɪstɪk
polycystic
ˌpɒlɪˈsɪstɪk
realistic
ˌrɪəˈlɪstɪk
sadistic
səˈdɪstɪk
simplistic
sɪmˈplɪstɪk
statistic
stəˈtɪstɪk
synergistic
ˌsɪnəˈdʒɪstɪk
unrealistic
ˌʌnrɪəˈlɪstɪk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FETISHISTIC

fetichism
fetichist
fetichistic
fetichize
feticidal
feticide
fetid
fetidity
fetidly
fetidness
fetiparous
fetish
fetish-like
fetishisation
fetishise
fetishism
fetishist
fetishistically
fetishization
fetishize

WORDS THAT END LIKE FETISHISTIC

altruistic
antagonistic
domestic
floristic
heuristic
humanistic
idealistic
imperialistic
journalistic
juristic
mechanistic
minimalistic
myristic
narcissistic
opportunistic
pessimistic
probabilistic
relativistic
stylistic
terroristic
touristic

Synonyms and antonyms of fetishistic in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «fetishistic» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FETISHISTIC

Find out the translation of fetishistic to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of fetishistic from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «fetishistic» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

恋物
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

fetichista
570 millions of speakers

English

fetishistic
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

जड़-पूजा
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

العاصي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

фетишистский
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

fetichista
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

fetishistic
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

fétichiste
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Fetishistic
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

fetischistischen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

フェティッシュ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

신적
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Fetishistic
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

fetishistic
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

fetishistic
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

आत्यंतिक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

fetişist
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

feticistica
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

fetysze
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

фетишистский
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

fetisist
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

φετιχιστική
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

fetishistic
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

fetischistiska
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

fetisjistisk
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of fetishistic

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FETISHISTIC»

The term «fetishistic» is regularly used and occupies the 65.875 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FETISHISTIC» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about fetishistic

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QUOTES WITH «FETISHISTIC»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word fetishistic.
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Lars von Trier
I had an almost fetishistic attraction to film technology.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FETISHISTIC»

Discover the use of fetishistic in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to fetishistic and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Forensic and Medico-legal Aspects of Sexual Crimes and ...
Çetinkaya.and.Domjan.(Domjan.was.a. part.of.the.earlier.group.too).conducted.a. similar.experiment.with.Japanese.quails..The.important. difference.was.that.at.the .end.of.acquisition.phase,.both.fetishistic.and.non-fetishistic.male.birds.
Anil Aggrawal, 2008
2
Human Sexuality and Its Problems
The fetishistic transvestite generates the 'attractive woman' by translating his own body. It is not clear what related mechanism(s) distinguish such an individual from a 'normal' heterosexual male, or from other fetishists. It may not be unusual or ...
John Bancroft, 2009
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Digital Media: Technological and Social Challenges of the ...
Fetishistic Collections The term “fetishistic” has a pejorative tone, and implies a compulsive quality that is not necessarily descriptive. A better term might be “ devoted” or even “obsessive” collecting, but unfortunately, the term “fetishistic” is  ...
Megan Alicia Winget, William Aspray, 2011
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Sexual Deviance: Theory, Assessment, and Treatment
Attempting to distinguish these behaviors from one another may lead to more diagnostic confusion than clarity in the assessment of an individual with gender, transvestic, and fetishistic concerns. Blanchard and Clemmensen (1988) tested the ...
D. Richard Laws, William T. O'Donohue, 2008
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Screening the Male: Exploring Masculinities in the Hollywood ...
Perhaps the most extreme examples are to be found in Leone's Westerns, where the exchange of aggressive looks marking most Western gun,duels is taken to the point of fetishistic parody through the use of extreme and repetitive close,ups.
Steve Cohan, Ina Rae Hark, 2012
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Sexual Behavior: Problems and Management
Fetishistic. Transsexualism. A number of authors have noted that differences in male subjects seeking sex conversion appear related to three variables — age, sexual orientation, and presence or absence of sexual arousal to cross-dressing in ...
Nathaniel McConaghy, 1993
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(Post)apartheid Conditions: Psychoanalysis and Social Formation
Clearly, not all instances of nostalgia are fetishistic. I have tried to emphasize above that nostalgia need not be seen as constitutively defensive; neither need it be seen as inescapably fetishistic. Inasmuch as formations of nostalgia exist within ...
Derek Hook, 2013
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Visible Fictions: Cinema: Television: Video
It tends to shade into a particular variant, or blockage, of its activity: the fetishistic activity of looking. Where voyeurism maintains (depends upon) a separation between the seer and the object seen, fetishism tries to abolish that gulf.
John Ellis, 2002
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The Sexual Subject: Screen Reader in Sexuality
This process implies a different position and attitude of the spectator to the image. It represents the opposite tendency to that of voyeurism. . . . Fetishistic looking implies the direct acknowledgement and participation of the object viewed . . . with ...
Mandy Merck, 2013
10
Global Media, Culture, and Identity: Theory, Cases, and ...
The mechanisms ofthis separation are similar to the construction ofthe Orient that Edward Said has described.15 The fetishistic character of the Western world was denied or, where it was conceded (e.g., by Karl Marx),16 it was answered with ...
Rohit Chopra, Radhika Gajjala, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FETISHISTIC»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term fetishistic is used in the context of the following news items.
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Museum's 'Kimono Wednesdays' Cancelled After Claims Of Racism
What's strange is that Monet's piece is often interpreted as a satirical response to the absurd, fetishistic craze of the Japanese aesthetic ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
2
John Lewis to Resurrect Historic Look for Comic-Con
Instead of donning form-fitting spandex or fetishistic leather gear, Lewis aide and “March” co-author Andrew Aydin tells HOH the 15-term ... «Roll Call, Jul 15»
3
Big in Japan Cuts: Experimental, Classic, Avant-Garde and Free …
... Brooklyn's Mono No Aware, is less focused and more eclectic, swerving between a fetishistic 16mm approach and more narrative concerns. «The L Magazine, Jul 15»
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eps1.0_hellofriend.mov – does Mr Robot have the worst TV episode …
... monument of world-building built on an almost fetishistic obsession with naming things. Most fans remember the epic King's Landing siege in ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
5
Record Store Day Trilogy Kevin Mccaighy , July 8th, 2015 10:56
Isobel's imploring take on Brian Ferry's fetishistic lyrics is a dazzling addition, and a mighty inversion of the male-centric sense of the narrator's ... «The Quietus, Jul 15»
6
An Honest Comedian on Guns
... above all, about how purely fetishistic the American attachment to personal weaponry is. “What I am not for are bullshit arguments and lies. «The New Yorker, Jul 15»
7
I, Sexy Robot: Will Humans Put A New Spin On Female AI?
... will be fleshed out, but for now the show seems to be both recognizing the fetishistic appeal of A.I. females, while also trying to veer from that. «Refinery29, Jul 15»
8
How Latex Went From Sex Shops To High-Fashion
... macintoshes in the 1920s, but the rubber-dipped material's unique properties quickly earned it a devoted following in fetishistic communities. «The FADER, Jul 15»
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22 years on, Doom retains the ability to shock • Eurogamer.net
From Delacroix's epic paintings of war and bloody death, to Goya's frenzied mythological works and Francis Bacon's almost fetishistic lingering ... «Eurogamer.net, Jul 15»
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Jeff Koons: 'People respond to banal things – they don't accept their …
... a commentary on the fetishistic appeal of consumer culture that he would deepen over the years. The fact that his critique of materialism has, ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»

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