fetish
Pronunciation: /ˈfɛt.ɪʃ/
The English word “fetish” has 5 meanings listed here.
noun
- Something which is believed to possess, contain, or cause spiritual or magical powers; an amulet or a talisman.
- A figure representing the spirit of a deity, human, or animal; an idol or voodoo doll.
- Sexual fixation to or arousal at something abnormally sexual or non-sexual, such as an object or a non-sexual part of the body.
- An irrational or abnormal preoccupation or fixation on some object or activity; an obsession.
- A recurrent theme of a specific thing.
Etymology
Borrowed from French fétiche, from Portuguese feitiço, from Latin factīcius (“artificial”). Doublet of factitious.
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