fetishism
nounEtymology From fetish + -ism.
1
The belief that natural objects have supernatural powers, or that something created by people has power over people.
2
A form of paraphilia where the object of attraction is an inanimate object or a part of a person's body.
- That's cross-dressing to you and me and, according to Blanchard and the APA, there are two types – fetishism and autogynephilia.2012 December 9, Paris Lees, “Transgender people get a status update”, in The Guardian:
3
An irrational, obsessive belief in the power of some object or action.