fetishism

n. blind devotion, absurd unreasoning worship, obsessive attachment (Psychiatry)

This article concerns the concept of fetishism in anthropology. For other uses see Fetish (disambiguation). A fetish (from French fétiche; from Portuguese feitiço; from Latin facticius, "artificial" and facere, "to make") is an object believed to have supernatural powers, or in particular a man-made object that has power over others.
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Fetishism /fet·ish·ism/ 1. worship of fetishes. 2. a paraphilia marked by recurrent sexual urges for and fantasies of using fetishes, usually [more]Fetishism - Community and Resources

Noun
1. a belief in the magical power of fetishes (or the worship of a fetish)
(synonym) fetichism
(hypernym) belief
2. sexual arousal or gratification resulting from handling a fetish (or a specific part of the body other than the sexual organs)
(synonym) fetichism
(hypernym) paraphilia

Fetishism [from Latin facticius artificial] Applied by modern scholars to the practice of worshiping various objects, either natural, as a tooth or claw of some animal, or artificial, as a carved image (idolatry). It is a relic of ancient knowledge concerning the interrelationships of everything in the kosmos and the use of objects and symbols, corresponding to particular kosmic potencies, as a means of invoking those potencies. It is a relic of archaic magic, now in many cases become degraded to a superstition; though even among many so-called primitive peoples, sympathetic students have found that certain among them often still possess more knowledge than they are willing to disclose to the casual unsympathetic outsider. The subject verges upon that of ceremonial magic, talismans, and the like, where powers of nature many be influenced.