Fetish

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Any object to which one is excessively devoted. fetichism

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Fetish \Fe"tish\, n., Fetishism \Fe"tish*ism\ (? or ?; 277), n.,
  Fetishistic \Fe`tish*is"tic\, a.
     See {Fetich}, n., {Fetichism}, n., {Fetichistic}, a.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  fetish
       n 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}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  51 Moby Thesaurus words for "fetish":
     Baal, Juggernaut, amulet, bias, charm, compulsion, devil-god,
     fixation, fylfot, gammadion, golden calf, good-luck charm,
     graven image, hoodoo, idee fixe, idol, joss, juju, leaning,
     love charm, luck, lucky bean, lucky piece, madstone, mania, mascot,
     mumbo jumbo, obeah, obsession, partiality, penchant, periapt,
     philter, phylactery, predilection, prejudice, preoccupation,
     prepossession, proclivity, propensity, scarab, scarabaeus,
     scarabee, sudarium, swastika, talisman, thing, totem, veronica,
     voodoo, whammy