'Fetish' definitions:
Definition of 'fetish'
(from WordNet)
noun
A form of sexual desire in which gratification depends to an abnormal degree on some object or item of clothing or part of the body; "common male fetishes are breasts, legs, hair, shoes, and underwear"
noun
A charm superstitiously believed to embody magical powers [syn: juju, voodoo, hoodoo, fetish, fetich]
noun
Excessive or irrational devotion to some activity; "made a fetish of cleanliness" [syn: fetish, fetich]
Definition of 'Fetish'
From: GCIDE
- Fetish \Fe"tish\, n., Fetishism \Fe"tish*ism\ (? or ?; 277), n., Fetishistic \Fe`tish*is"tic\, a. See Fetich, n., Fetichism, n., Fetichistic, a. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Fetish'
From: GCIDE
- Fetich \Fe"tich\, Fetish \Fe"tish\, n.[F. f['e]tiche, from Pg. feiti?o, adj., n., sorcery, charm, fr. L. facticius made by art, artifical, factitious. See Factitious.]
- 1. A material object supposed among certain African tribes to represent in such a way, or to be so connected with, a supernatural being, that the possession of it gives to the possessor power to control that being. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Any object to which one is excessively devoted. fetichism
Synonyms of 'fetish'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- amulet,
- Baal,
- bias,
- charm,
- compulsion,
- devil-god,
- fixation,
- fylfot,
- gammadion,
- golden calf,
- good-luck charm,
- graven image,
- hoodoo,
- idee fixe,
- idol,
- joss,
- Juggernaut,
- 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