fetishism

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)The belief that natural objects have supernatural powers, or that something created by people has power over people.
2. (countable, uncountable)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.”

3. (countable, uncountable)An irrational, obsessive belief in the power of some object or action.