fetish
- (countable, uncountable) Something which is believed to possess, contain, or cause spiritual or magical powers; an amulet or a talisman.
- (countable, dated, uncountable) A figure representing the spirit of a deity, human, or animal; an idol or voodoo doll.
- (countable, uncountable) Sexual fixation to or arousal at something abnormally sexual or nonsexual, such as an object or a nonsexual part of the body.
- (countable, uncountable) An irrational or abnormal preoccupation or fixation on some object or activity; an obsession.
- (countable, uncountable) A recurrent theme of a specific thing.
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Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈfɛt.ɪʃ/
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Italic *fakjō Latin faciō Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tos Latin -tus Latin factus Latin -īcius Latin factīcius Portuguese feitiçobor. French fétichebor. English fetish Borrowed from French fétiche, from Portuguese feitiço, from Latin factīcius (“artificial”). Doublet of factitious.
Related words
fétiche
fetiche
feticcio
Fetisch
fetiche
fetitxe
είδωλο
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