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Fetish - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Fetish : (noun)
1: a charm superstitiously believed to embody magical powers
[syn: juju, voodoo, hoodoo, fetich]
2: excessive or irrational devotion to some activity; "made a
fetish of cleanliness" [syn: fetich]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Fetish : \Fe"tish\, n., Fetishism \Fe"tish*ism\ (? or ?; 277), n.,
Fetishistic \Fe`tish*is"tic\, a.
See Fetich, n., Fetichism, n., Fetichistic, a.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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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.
2. Any object to which one is excessively devoted.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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