fetishistic
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
fetishist + -ic or fetish + -istic
Adjective edit
fetishistic (comparative more fetishistic, superlative most fetishistic)
- Of or pertaining to fetishism or fetishists.
- 1891, Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d'Urbervilles, volume 1, London: James R. Osgood, McIlvaine and Co., page 36:
- A curious fetishistic fear of this grimy volume on the part of her mother prevented her ever allowing it to stay in the house all night, and hither it was brought back whenever it had been consulted.