1763: fetishism (LITW 11) Oct 12, 2019

In the below 1883 map of world religions shows the word "fetishists" and—though problematic in some ways—this is not entirely pejorative or even always reductive. 'Fetish' originally denoted idols, in particular from West African magic, and for a long time in a variety of languages such as English, French and Portuguese the word simply connoted general sorcerous, animistic, or idolatrous practices. The word is also related to 'factitious'.

NB: the term 'Mohammedan' (also 'Mohammedanism') refers to Islam.

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