Fetish

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. An object that is believed to have magical or spiritual powers, especially such an object associated with animistic or shamanistic religious practices.
  • n. An object of unreasonably excessive attention or reverence: made a fetish of punctuality.
  • n. Something, such as a material object or a nonsexual part of the body, that arouses sexual desire and may become necessary for sexual gratification.
  • n. An abnormally obsessive preoccupation or attachment; a fixation.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • See fetich, n., fetichism, n., fetichistic, a.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Any material object regarded with awe, as having mysterious powers residing in it or as being the representative or habitation of a deity to which worship may be paid, and from which supernatural aid is to be expected.
  • n. Hence An object of blind devotion; an idol: as, gold has become his fetish.
  • n. Same as fetish-man.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a charm superstitiously believed to embody magical powers
  • n. a form of sexual desire in which gratification depends to an abnormal degree on some object or item of clothing or part of the body
  • n. excessive or irrational devotion to some activity
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    fetich    fetichism    fetichistic   
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    Lettish   
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