The doctrine or practice of belief in fetiches.

Excessive devotion to one object or one idea; abject superstition; blind adoration.

noun. Archaic form of fetishism.

noun. a belief in the magical power of fetishes (or the worship of a fetish)

noun. sexual arousal or gratification resulting from handling a fetish (or a specific part of the body other than the sexual organs)

"Binet and also Krafft-Ebing [64] have argued in effect that the whole of sexual selection is a matter of fetichism, that is to say, of erotic symbolism of object."

fetishism  

belief  paraphilia  

animism  asphyxia  attractiveness  blood-thirstiness  daydream