noun
Meaning 1
One who has a sexual fetish.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: fetisher, kinkster, paraphiliac
Antonyms: normophile
Standard Lemma guide
fetishist
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈfɛtɪʃɪst/
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CMU ARPABET: F EH1 T IH0 SH IH0 S T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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CMU ARPABET 2: F EH1 T IH0 SH AH0 S T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A believer in magical fetishes or talismans.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: fetisheer
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
one who engages in fetishism (especially of a sexual nature)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: pervert, deviant, deviate, degenerate
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dheh1- Proto-Indo-European *dheh1k- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *dhh1kyéti Proto-Italic *θakjō Proto-Italic *fakjō Latin faciō Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tos Latin -tus Latin factus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -īcus Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -īcius Latin factīcius Portuguese feitiçobor. French fétichebor. English fetish Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English fetishist From fetish + -ist.
Across languages
Translations
12 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: fetitxista — one who has a sexual fetish
- French: fétichiste — one who has a sexual fetish
- German: Fetischist — one who has a sexual fetish
- German: Fetischistin — one who has a sexual fetish
- Greek: φετιχιστής (fetichistís) — one who has a sexual fetish
- Greek: φετιχίστρια (fetichístria) — one who has a sexual fetish
- Icelandic: blætisdýrkandi — one who has a sexual fetish
- Italian: feticista — one who has a sexual fetish
- Portuguese: fetichista — one who has a sexual fetish
- Spanish: fetichista — one who has a sexual fetish
- Swedish: fetischist — one who has a sexual fetish
- Turkish: fetişist — one who has a sexual fetish