phallicism

[ fal-uh-siz-uh m ]

/ ˈfæl əˌsɪz əm /

worship of the phallus, especially as symbolic of power or of the generative principle of nature.

Also phal·lism

[fal-iz-uh m] /ˈfæl ɪz əm/.

Origin of phallicism

First recorded in 1880–85; phallic + -ism

phal·li·cist, phal·list, noun

Gross phallicism is clearly the result of degeneration, and of a lapse into sensuality and superstition.

The God-Idea of the Ancients |Eliza Burt Gamble
I am not one of those who find in phallicism the key to all the mysteries of mythology.

Bible Studies |Joseph M. Wheeler
Fetishism, phallicism, animism, and tree- and serpent-worship were very common.

The Gist of Japan |R. B. Peery
It is not difficult to find traces of phallicism in the allegory of the Garden of Eden.

Bible Studies |Joseph M. Wheeler

In its rudest forms, this pantheism branches out into animism or shamanism, fetichism and phallicism.

The Religions of Japan |William Elliot Griffis

phallicism

/ (ˈfælɪˌsɪzəm) /

the worship or veneration of the phallus

phallicist or phallist, noun