fetish.
Something which is believed to possess, contain, or cause spiritual or magical powers; an amulet or a talisman.
Meaning & usage
Something which is believed to possess, contain, or cause spiritual or magical powers; an amulet or a talisman.
A figure representing the spirit of a deity, human, or animal; an idol or voodoo doll.
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.
a fetish for leather
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.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁k- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁kyéti Proto-Italic *θakjō Proto-Italic *fakjō Latin faciō Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tos Latin -tus Latin factus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -īcus Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -īcius Latin factīcius Portuguese feitiçobor. French fétichebor. English fetish Borrowed from French fétiche, from Portuguese feitiço, from Latin factīcius (“artificial”). Doublet of factitious.
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