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fetishism

  • created sense approved 拜物主义/拜物主義 · bài​wù​zhǔ​yì · fetishism — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    拜物主义 / 拜物主義

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    fetishism

    the religious belief that certain objects have magical or spiritual powers or the worship of physical objects

    拜 (literal) → 拜 · bài · to pay respect 物 (literal) → 物 · wù · thing 主义 (literal) → 主义/主義 · zhǔ​yì · -ism; doctrine

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  • created sense approved 拜物主义/拜物主義 · bài​wù​zhǔ​yì · commodity fetishism — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    拜物主义 / 拜物主義

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    commodity fetishism

    the perception of social relationships involved in production not as relationships among people but as economic relationships among money and commodities in Marxist theory

    拜 (literal) → 拜 · bài · to pay respect 物 (literal) → 物 · wù · thing 主义 (literal) → 主义/主義 · zhǔ​yì · -ism; doctrine

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