fetishistic
adjective
fetishistic is an adjective meaning “Of or pertaining to fetishism or fetishists” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-E-T-I-S-H-I-S-T-I-C, and it appears about once in every 12 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does fetishistic mean?
adjective
- 1
Of or pertaining to fetishism or fetishists.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of fetishistic
- more fetishistic comparative
- most fetishistic superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is fetishistic?
Fetishistic appears about once in every 12 million words in written English, the 103,949th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Fetishistic in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense related to fetishism or fetishists:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | fétichiste |
| German | fetischistisch |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does fetishistic come from?
From fetishist + -ic or fetish + -istic.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).