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fetishism
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fetishism /fet·ish·ism/ (-izm)
1. worship of fetishes.
2. a paraphilia marked by recurrent sexual urges for and fantasies of using fetishes, usually articles of women's clothing, for sexual arousal or orgasm.
transvestic fetishism  a paraphilia of heterosexual males, characterized by recurrent, intense sexual urges, arousal, or orgasm associated with fantasized or actual dressing in clothing of the opposite sex.
fet·ish·ism (ft-shzm, ft-)
n.
The act of using a fetish for sexual arousal and gratification.
Fetishism
Obtaining sexual arousal using or thinking about an inanimate object or part of the body.
Mentioned in: Sexual Perversions
fetishism
A paraphilia–sexual deviation that involves the use of nonliving objects–fetishes for sexual arousal; as defined by the DSM-IV, fetishism occurs over a period of ≥ 6 months, is distressful to the subject, and is not limited to those articles of female clothing used in cross-dressing, known as transvestic fetishism, or devices–eg vibrators, designed for tactile genital stimulation. See Fetish, Sexual deviation.


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His examples, mostly of Western art and Western audiences, demonstrate how human bodies have been read as signs, and images (even abstract ones) have been treated fetishistically, as if they were human actors.
Notes on African art, history and diasporas within by Peffer, John / African Arts
The narrative spareness and ponderous tempo of Graham's film, however, remove the Rheinmetall from any such worldly associations: A series of lingering close-ups make it initially seem that the artist's sole aim was to pore fetishistically over every one of the machine's precisely tooled components.
Rodney Graham: 303 Gallery by Burton, Johanna / Artforum International
Thomson reports that seeing the leg-locks, thumb-screws and the like, "all fetishistically displayed in Turin's Museum of Fine Art, Levi felt disgusted.
A Matter of Writing Life and Death. by McDonald, Michael P. / The National Interest
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