retifism

retifism

English

Etymology

From the name of French novelist Nicolas-Edme Rétif (1734-1806), and -ism.

Noun

retifism (uncountable)

1. The sexual fetish of attraction to shoes.
   • 2004, Cameron Kippen, Curtin University of Technology (Perth, Western Australia) Department of Podiatry

     In the interests of intellectual exchange the author attempts to describe foot fetish and shoe retifism.