adjective
- relating to or characteristic of an excessive or irrational commitment to or reverence for something
- of or relating to fetishism, the attribution of magical or spiritual powers to inanimate objects
Usage: often used to describe an obsessive focus on objects, practices, or ideas
Usage: anthropological or religious context
Examples
- The collector's fetishistic attention to every detail of his vintage cars bordered on obsession.
- Some critics argue that consumer culture promotes a fetishistic relationship with branded goods.
- The anthropologist studied fetishistic practices in traditional African religions.
- His fetishistic devotion to the rules of grammar sometimes made him difficult to work with.
- The film explores how modern society develops fetishistic attitudes toward technology.
- She approached her hobby with an almost fetishistic precision.