拝はい物ぶつ教きょう

noun

fetishism

Academic term in religious studies and anthropology, referring to the worship of objects believed to have supernatural powers. Not used for sexual fetishism.

• 拝はい物ぶつ教きょうは、特とく定ていの物ものに霊れい力りょくが宿やどると信しんじる信しん仰こう形けい態たいである。

  Fetishism is a form of belief that certain objects are inhabited by spiritual power.