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Fetish

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Noun

1. fetish

a form of sexual desire in which gratification depends to an abnormal degree on some object or item of clothing or part of the body

Example Sentences:
'common male fetishes are breasts, legs, hair, shoes, and underwear'

2. fetich, fetish, hoodoo, juju, voodoo

a charm superstitiously believed to embody magical powers

3. fetich, fetish

excessive or irrational devotion to some activity

Example Sentences:
'made a fetish of cleanliness'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Fetish

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noun
1. 
something, esp an inanimate object, that is believed in certain cultures to be the embodiment or habitation of a spirit or magical powers
2. 
a. 
a form of behaviour involving fetishism
b. 
any object that is involved in fetishism
3. 
any object, activity, etc, to which one is excessively or irrationally devoted
to make a fetish of cleanliness

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Fetish

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noun
1. 
any object believed by some person or group to have magic power
2. 
any thing or activity to which one is irrationally devoted
to make a fetish of sports
3.  Psychiatry
any nonsexual object, such as a foot or a glove, that abnormally excites erotic feelings

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Fetish

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n.
1. An object that is believed to have magical or spiritual powers, especially such an object associated with animistic or shamanistic religious practices.
2. An object of unreasonably excessive attention or reverence: made a fetish of punctuality.
3. Something, such as a material object or nonsexual part of the body, that arouses sexual desire and may become necessary for sexual gratification.
4. An abnormally obsessive preoccupation or attachment; a fixation.

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