noun
Academic term in anthropology and religious studies for the worship of objects believed to have supernatural powers.
呪物崇拝は、特定の物に霊的な力が宿ると信じる信仰形態である。
Fetishism is a form of belief in which spiritual power is thought to reside in specific objects.
The loanword フェティシズム is more common in modern Japanese, especially in psychological or sexual contexts, while 呪物崇拝 is a formal academic term.
Compound of 呪物 (fetish, charm) and 崇拝 (worship). The term is a direct translation of the Western anthropological concept of fetishism.