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fetishism:
The attachment of erotic feelings to a nonsexual object or objects. Sexual fetishes, like all perversions, are deeply rooted in the psyche; fetishists are almost exclusively men who eroticize easily over specific body parts .
Etymology: From the Latin facticius / factitius , made by art, artificial, manufactured, and from the 15 th century Portuguse term for the relics of a saint and religious artifacts that had spiritual or magic properties. Portuguese explorers to West Africa later extended the term to include the indigenous magic charms and sculpted idols of the natives. A Portuguese physician or an African medicine man who produced miracles was known as a feissero , a fetisher.


See Also: dermagraphism, divertissement, total coverage, antifetishism, deviant sexual behavior, diaperism, mackintosh fun, sexual aberration, sexual deviation, sexual deviancy, sexual deviance, aberrant sex, way, arts, cultures,

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ferk
fern
ferret
ferry
fertility symbols
fertilize the sidewalk
fervency
fervent
fervently
fervid
fervor
fescennine
fesses
fetch
fetch metal
fetch mettle
fetish
fetish clothing
fetish wear
  fetishistic cross-dressing
 fetishizing
 fettle
 feygelah
 FFA
 ficaro
 fickey fick
 fico
 fiddle
 fiddle bow
 fiddle the bean
 fiddle with oneself
 fiddle-fuck
 fiddle-fucking around
 fiddle-stick
 fiddling stick
 fidget the midget
 fidget the midget in Bridget
 fidget with the digit
 fie-for-shame
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