fetish
Simple Definition of fetish
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: a strong and unusual need or desire for something
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: a need or desire for an object, body part, or activity for sexual excitement
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: an object that is believed to have magical powers
Full Definition of fetish
1 a : an object (as a small stone carving of an animal) believed to have magical power to protect or aid its owner; broadly : a material object regarded with superstitious or extravagant trust or reverence b : an object of irrational reverence or obsessive devotion : prepossession c : an object or bodily part whose real or fantasied presence is psychologically necessary for sexual gratification and that is an object of fixation to the extent that it may interfere with complete sexual expression
2 : a rite or cult of fetish worshipers
3 : fixation
Examples of fetish in a sentence
He has a fetish for secrecy.
He wore a fetish to ward off evil spirits.
Variants of fetish
Origin of fetish
French & Portuguese; French fétiche, from Portuguese feitiço, from feitiço artificial, false, from Latin facticius factitious
First Known Use: 1613
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Medical Dictionary
fetish
Medical Definition of fetish
: an object or bodily part whose real or fantasized presence is psychologically necessary for sexual gratification and that is an object of fixation to the extent that it may interfere with complete sexual expression
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