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
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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]
WordNet (r) 2.0
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
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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