Fetish

Quick meaning: Fetish is a noun meaning Something which is believed to possess, contain, or cause spiritual or magical powers; an amulet or a talisman.

Meaning

Something which is believed to possess, contain, or cause spiritual or magical powers; an amulet or a talisman.

More Meanings

1. (animism, dated) A figure representing the spirit of a deity, human, or animal; an idol or voodoo doll.
2. An irrational or abnormal preoccupation or fixation on some object or activity; an obsession.
3. A recurrent theme of a specific thing.
4. (countable, uncountable) Sexual fixation to or arousal at something abnormally sexual or nonsexual, such as an object or a nonsexual part of the body.

Example Sentences

a fetish for leather

I know a guy who has a foot fetish.

The idols and fetishes were being dressed up and whitewashed, receiving sacrifices.

He has been talking about the same topic for hours on end, I suspect he may have a fetish

Word Forms

• fetishes
• fetich

Synonyms for fetish

Depending on context, synonyms include kink, objectophilia, hoodoo, juju, fetich, voodoo.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include hoodoo, juju, voodoo, fetich, charm, obsession.

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