"fetish" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈfɛt.ɪʃ/ [UK, US], /ˈfiː.tɪʃ/ [UK, US] Audio: en-us-fetish.ogg [US], en-au-fetish.ogg [Australia] Forms: fetishes [plural]
enPR: fĕtʹĭsh Rhymes: -ɛtɪʃ, -iːtɪʃ Etymology: Borrowed from French fétiche, from Portuguese feitiço, from Latin factīcius (“artificial”). Doublet of factitious. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*dʰeh₁-}}, {{bor|en|fr|fétiche}} French fétiche, {{der|en|pt|feitiço}} Portuguese feitiço, {{der|en|la|factīcius||artificial}} Latin factīcius (“artificial”), {{doublet|en|factitious}} Doublet of factitious Head templates: {{en-noun}} fetish (plural fetishes)
  1. Something which is believed to possess, contain, or cause spiritual or magical powers; an amulet or a talisman. Translations (something believed to possess spiritual or magical powers): ֆետիշ (fetiš) (Armenian), fetitxe (Basque), муска́ (muská) [feminine] (Bulgarian), амуле́т (amulét) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 物神 (wùshén) (Chinese Mandarin), taikakalu (Finnish), fetišši (Finnish), fetissi (Finnish), fétiche [masculine] (French), Fetisch [masculine] (German), bálvány (Hungarian), fétis (Hungarian), feticcio (Italian), fetysz [masculine] (Polish), fetiche [masculine] (Portuguese), фети́ш (fetíš) [masculine] (Russian), амуле́т (amulét) [masculine] (Russian), фетиш [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), fetiš [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), fetiche [masculine] (Spanish), fetiş (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-fetish-en-noun-BbQ2XMwq Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 41 8 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 61 32 6 Disambiguation of 'something believed to possess spiritual or magical powers': 96 3 1
  2. Sexual attraction to or arousal at something abnormally sexual or nonsexual, such as an object or a nonsexual part of the body. Categories (topical): Paraphilias, Sex Synonyms: paraphilia Translations (something nonsexual which arouses sexual desire): ֆետիշ (fetiš) (Armenian), fetitxe (Basque), 戀物 (Chinese Mandarin), 恋物 (liànwù) (Chinese Mandarin), fetiš (Czech), fetish (Danish), fetisj (Dutch), fetiĉo (Esperanto), fetišši (Finnish), fetissi (Finnish), fétiche [masculine] (French), ფეტიში (peṭiši) (Georgian), Fetisch [masculine] (German), φετίχ (fetích) [neuter] (Greek), βίτσιο (vítsio) [neuter] (Greek), fétis (Hungarian), feticismo (Italian), フェティシズム (fetishizumu) (Japanese), フェチ (fechi) (Japanese), フェティッシュ (fetisshu) (Japanese), 페티시즘 (petisijeum) (Korean), 페티시 (petisi) (Korean), fetysz [masculine] (Polish), fetiche [masculine] (Portuguese), fetiș [neuter] (Romanian), фети́ш (fetíš) [masculine] (Russian), фетиш [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), fetiš [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), fetiche [masculine] (Spanish), fetisch [common-gender] (Swedish), fetiş (Turkish), ái vật (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-fetish-en-noun-rN1sAORe Disambiguation of Paraphilias: 25 73 2 Disambiguation of Sex: 11 75 14 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 41 8 Disambiguation of 'something nonsexual which arouses sexual desire': 18 77 5
  3. An irrational or abnormal preoccupation or fixation on some object or activity; an obsession. Translations (irrational or abnormal fixation): ֆետիշ (fetiš) (Armenian), фети́ш (fetíš) [masculine] (Bulgarian), куми́р (kumír) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 迷戀 (Chinese Mandarin), 迷恋 (míliàn) (Chinese Mandarin), päähänpinttymä (Finnish), fétiche [masculine] (French), Fetisch [masculine] (German), βίτσιο (vítsio) [neuter] (Greek), фети́ш (fetíš) [masculine] (Russian), куми́р (kumír) [masculine] (Russian), и́дол (ídol) [masculine] (Russian), фетиш [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), fetiš [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), fetiche [masculine] (Spanish), фети́ш (fetýš) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-fetish-en-noun-VoUTkYB~ Disambiguation of 'irrational or abnormal fixation': 4 3 93
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: fetich [18th c.–present] [dated]

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          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "peṭiši",
          "sense": "something nonsexual which arouses sexual desire",
          "word": "ფეტიში"
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          "roman": "vítsio",
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          "word": "βίτσιο"
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          "sense": "something nonsexual which arouses sexual desire",
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          "sense": "something nonsexual which arouses sexual desire",
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          "roman": "petisijeum",
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          "word": "페티시즘"
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          "text": "a fetish for deficit reduction",
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          "ref": "2014 [1980], John Carroll, “The soap fetish”, in Sceptical Sociology, page 124",
          "text": "A leading candidate for this role in the case of women has been the soap fetish.[…]Given this general cultural background the reasons for the rise of the soap fetish are not hard to find.[…]Guilt, as one of the propellers of the soap fetish, does not confine its thrust to the desire to wash dirty hands or erase the blots from the copybook.",
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          "word": "迷戀"
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      "sense": "something nonsexual which arouses sexual desire",
      "word": "ფეტიში"
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      "tags": [
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      "lang": "Hungarian",
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      "word": "fétis"
    },
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      "code": "ko",
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      "sense": "something nonsexual which arouses sexual desire",
      "word": "페티시즘"
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      "code": "ko",
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      "word": "物神"
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      "word": "bálvány"
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "pt",
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "something believed to possess spiritual or magical powers",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fetiche"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "something believed to possess spiritual or magical powers",
      "word": "fetiş"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "fetiš",
      "sense": "irrational or abnormal fixation",
      "word": "ֆետիշ"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "fetíš",
      "sense": "irrational or abnormal fixation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "фети́ш"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "kumír",
      "sense": "irrational or abnormal fixation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "куми́р"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "irrational or abnormal fixation",
      "word": "迷戀"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "míliàn",
      "sense": "irrational or abnormal fixation",
      "word": "迷恋"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "irrational or abnormal fixation",
      "word": "päähänpinttymä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "irrational or abnormal fixation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fétiche"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "irrational or abnormal fixation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Fetisch"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "vítsio",
      "sense": "irrational or abnormal fixation",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "βίτσιο"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "fetíš",
      "sense": "irrational or abnormal fixation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "фети́ш"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kumír",
      "sense": "irrational or abnormal fixation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "куми́р"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ídol",
      "sense": "irrational or abnormal fixation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "и́дол"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "irrational or abnormal fixation",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "фетиш"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "irrational or abnormal fixation",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fetiš"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "irrational or abnormal fixation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fetiche"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "fetýš",
      "sense": "irrational or abnormal fixation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "фети́ш"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "fetish"
  ],
  "word": "fetish"
}

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