sexual fetishism
sexual interest in inanimate objects or specific non-genital body parts; a paraphilia
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Summary
sexual fetishism is a class of disease[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of class of disease entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (31,470 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Subclass of: paraphilia[3], fetishism[4], human sexual behavior[5]
- Commons category: Sexual fetishism[6]
- Topic's main category: Category:Sexual fetishism[7]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[8]
- ICD-9-CM: 302.81[9]
- NCI Thesaurus ID: C94353[10]
- Different from: fetishism[11], kink[12], Q141756599[13]
- Health specialty: psychiatry[14], psychology[15]
- Exact match: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_1235[16], http://identifiers.org/doid/DOID:1235[17]
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Works and Contributions
Things named for sexual fetishism include International Fetish Day[18], a holiday[19].
Why It Matters
sexual fetishism has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] It is known by 84 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]
Entities named for it include International Fetish Day[18], a holiday[19].