Hypertext Webster Gateway: "feticism"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Feticism \Fe"ti*cism\, n.
See {Fetichism}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
fetichism \fe"tich*ism\, Fetishism \Fe"tish*ism\ (? or ?); 277),
n.[Cf. F. f['e]tichisme.] [Written also {feticism}.]
1. The doctrine or practice of belief in fetiches.
2. Excessive devotion to one object or one idea; abject
superstition; blind adoration.
The real and absolute worship of fire falls into two
great divisions, the first belonging rather to
fetichism, the second to polytheism proper. --Tylor.
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