Dictionary Definition
fetish
Noun
2 excessive or irrational devotion to some
activity; "made a fetish of cleanliness" [syn: fetich]
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Pronunciation
Noun
- something nonsexual, such as an object or a part of the body which arouses sexual desire or is necessary for one to reach full sexual satisfaction
- something which is believed to possess, contain, or cause spiritual or magical powers; an amulet or a talisman
- an irrational, or abnormal, fixation or preoccupation
- 1933: We have a feeling that it must be "honest" work, because it is hard and disagreeable, and we have made a sort of fetish of manual work. -- George Orwell, Down and Out in Paris and London, Ch. XXII, pg. 117 (Harvest / Harcourt paperback edition).
Related terms
Translations
- French: fétiche
Extensive Definition
Fetish may refer to:
- Fetishism, the attribution of religious or mystical qualities to inanimate objects as a primary stage in the development of a culture or civilization
- Sexual fetishism, psychosexual attraction for inanimate objects
- Fetish (album) (1999), by Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
- Commodity fetishism, a Marxist concept of valuation in capitalist markets
- Growth Fetish, the pursuit of economic growth in politics and economic theory as a universal cure for all society's problems
- Fetish fashion, clothing and clothing fetishes
- Zuni fetishes, small carvings from various stones, made by the Zuni Indians.
fetish in Welsh: Ffetis
fetish in Italian: Fetish
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
Baal,
Juggernaut, amulet, bias, charm, compulsion, devil-god,
fixation, fylfot, gammadion, golden calf,
good-luck charm, graven image, hoodoo, idee fixe, idol, joss, juju, leaning, love charm, luck, lucky bean, lucky piece,
madstone, mania, mascot, mumbo jumbo, obeah, obsession, partiality, penchant, periapt, philter, phylactery, predilection, prejudice, preoccupation, prepossession, proclivity, propensity, scarab, scarabaeus, scarabee, sudarium, swastika, talisman, thing, totem, veronica, voodoo, whammy