fetish in English dictionary

  • fetish

    Meanings and definitions of "fetish"

    • Something which is believed to possess, contain, or cause spiritual or magical powers; an amulet or a talisman. [from the early 17th c.]
    • Something sexual or 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. [from the early 19th c.]
    • (US) An irrational, or abnormal fixation or preoccupation. [from the 19th c.]
    • noun
      Something which is believed to possess, contain, or cause spiritual or magical powers; an amulet or a talisman. [from the early 17th c.]
    • noun
      Something sexual or 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. [from the early 19th c.]
    • noun
      (US)
      An irrational, or abnormal fixation or preoccupation. [from the 19th c.]
    • noun
      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).
    • something nonsexual which arouses sexual desire
    • something believed to possess spiritual or magical powers
    • irrational or abnormal fixation
    • noun
      a charm superstitiously believed to embody magical powers
    • 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
      excessive or irrational devotion to some activity; "made a fetish of cleanliness"

    Synonyms of "fetish" in English dictionary

    concupiscence, charm, eros are the top synonyms of "fetish" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of fetish

    • fetish ( plural  fetishes)
    • fetish (plural fetishes)
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