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Etymology
From French fétiche < Portuguese feitiço < Latin factīcius, artificial

Pronunciation
AHD|/f�t'ĭsh/

Noun
fetish

1. 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
2. something which is believed to possess, contain, or cause spiritual or magical powers; an amulet or a talisman
3. 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).

rfc-level|Translations at L3+

Translations
French: fétiche

Related terms
fetishism

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