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Definitions for Fetish
[1] an object regarded with awe as being the embodiment or habitation of a potent spirit or as having magical potency.
[2] any object, idea, etc., eliciting unquestioning reverence, respect, or devotion: to make a fetish of high grades.
[3] Psychology . any object or nongenital part of the body that causes a habitual erotic response or fixation.
[4] something, esp an inanimate object, that is believed in certain cultures to be the embodiment or habitation of a spirit or magical powers
[5] a form of behaviour involving fetishism any object that is involved in fetishism
[6] any object, activity, etc, to which one is excessively or irrationally devoted to make a fetish of cleanliness
Words related to Fetish
predilection, proclivity, desire, penchant, prepossession, propensity, fixation, bias, partiality, thing, mania, prejudice, stimulant, leaning, preoccupation, craze, luck, amulet, phylactery, image
Words nearby Fetish
feti-, fetial, feticide, fetid, fetiparous, fetish, fetishism, fetishize, fetlock, feto-, fetoglobulin
Origin of Fetish
1605–15; earlier fateish < Portuguese feitiço charm, sorcery (noun), artificial (adj.) < Latin factīcius factitious; replacing fatisso, fetisso < Portuguese, as above
Other words from Fetish
fet·ish·like , adjective
Word origin for Fetish
C17: from French fétiche , from Portuguese feitiço (n) sorcery, from adj: artificial, from Latin factīcius made by art, factitious
Synonyms for Fetish
predilection, proclivity, bias, craze, desire, fixation, leaning, luck, mania, partiality, penchant, prejudice, preoccupation, prepossession, propensity, stimulant, thing, golden calf, idée fixe, periapt