fetish
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fetish
- /ˈfɛt.ɪʃ/ UK, US
- /ˈfiː.tɪʃ/ UK, US
Rhymes with -ɛtɪʃ, -iːtɪʃ
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French fétiche, from Portuguese feitiço, from Latin factīcius (“artificial”). Doublet of factitious.
noun fetishes · fetich
- Something which is believed to possess, contain, or cause spiritual or magical powers; an amulet or a talisman. The idols and fetishes were being dressed up and whitewashed, receiving sacrifices.
- A figure representing the spirit of a deity, human, or animal; an idol or voodoo doll. This was the trunk of a large wooden doll […] now entirely defaced by a long career of vicarious suffering. […] The last nail had been driven in with a fiercer stroke than usual, for the Fetish on that occasion represented aunt Glegg.
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Sexual fixation to or arousal at something abnormally sexual or non-sexual, such as an object or a non-sexual part of the body.
I know a guy who has a foot fetish.
Similar: kink, objectophilia
- An irrational or abnormal preoccupation or fixation on some object or activity; an obsession. He has been talking about the same topic for hours on end, I suspect he may have a fetish
- A recurrent theme of a specific thing.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: hoodoo, juju, voodoo, fetich, charm, obsession, fixation, talisman, taliswoman, apotropaion, totemism, altar, myth, totem, spirit animal, mythos
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noun something believed to possess spiritual or magical powers
| Español | fetiche |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 物神 wùshén |
| Português | fetiche |
| Français | fétiche |
| Deutsch | Fetisch |
| Italiano | feticcio |
| Русский | фети́ш fetíš, амуле́т amulét |
noun something non-sexual which arouses sexual desire
| Español | fetiche |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 페티시즘 petisijeum, 페티시 petisi |
| 日本語 | フェティシズム fetishizumu, フェチ fechi, フェティッシュ fetisshu |
| 中文 | 戀物 /恋物 liànwù |
| Português | fetiche |
| Français | fétiche |
| Deutsch | Fetisch |
| Italiano | feticismo |
| Ελληνικά | φετίχ fetích, βίτσιο vítsio |
| Română | fetiș |
| Русский | фети́ш fetíš |
| Tiếng Việt | ái vật |
Talk about this word "fetish." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/fetish. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. fetish. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/fetish "fetish." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/fetish.Cite this
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title = {fetish},
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