fetish
any object, part of the body, or activity that is ordinarily regarded as nonsexual and causes a habitual erotic response or fixation.
a habitual erotic response to or fixation on an object, part of the body, or activity ordinarily regarded as nonsexual.
unconventional sexual practices involving an object, part of the body, or activity ordinarily regarded as nonsexual, considered collectively.
Anthropology. an object regarded with awe as being the embodiment or habitation of a potent spirit or as having magical potency.
any object, idea, etc., eliciting unquestioning reverence, respect, or devotion: We shouldn't make a fetish of high grades, as there are other ways of measuring success.It's no secret that the previous administration had a fetish for secrecy.
Origin of fetish
1- Sometimes fet·ich .
Other words for fetish
Other words from fetish
- fet·ish·like, adjective
Words Nearby fetish
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How to use fetish in a sentence
Once you toss out the fetish for the “natural,” new options emerge.
I make a fetish of trying to spend enough hours in bed that I virtually never have to wake up to an alarm clock.
Later, we learn that sexual fetishes develop for the new power, and that men are held to be particularly susceptible to sexual masochism and the longing to be shocked in bed.
How Naomi Alderman’s novel The Power deconstructs the patriarchy | Constance Grady | March 12, 2021 | VoxAfter all, in our cultural scripts, a fat partner is a failure at best, a shameful, pathological fetish at worst.
Squash fetishes, on the other hand, indicate a desire to be sat on or pinned beneath their partner’s body.
Two of the “fetish” sculptures by the artist known as B. Wurtz, from his solo show now at Metro Pictures in New York.
Valle plunged to depths most of us cannot even imagine, via an Internet portal called Dark fetish Network.
Cannibal Cop’s Dark Fetishes Detailed in Grisly Trial Testimony | Michael Daly | February 27, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTTrichophilia: Hair fetish Those that are sexually aroused by human hair are known as trichophiles.
Podophilia: Foot fetish I was topless, sitting on a table barefoot stomping on bananas and yogurt.
Capnolagnia: Smoking fetish I hate the smell of cigarettes.
The craft of the fetish-man comes under none of the preceding categories.
The Ethnology of the British Colonies and Dependencies | Robert Gordon LathamOn this occasion, the king of the village and the staff of fetish men connected with it, take part.
The Ethnology of the British Colonies and Dependencies | Robert Gordon LathamHis fetish was a wooden bowl behind which he squatted at the roadside by way of adoration.
The Surprises of Life | Georges ClemenceauThe realization of abstractions was not the embodiment of a word, but the gradual disembodiment of a fetish.
August Comte and Positivism | John-Stuart MillHis playful introduction showed him a child of Mystery, moved by Voices and inspired by a fetish.
The Clansman | Thomas Dixon
British Dictionary definitions for fetish
fetich
/ (ˈfɛtɪʃ, ˈfiːtɪʃ) /
something, esp an inanimate object, that is believed in certain cultures to be the embodiment or habitation of a spirit or magical powers
a form of behaviour involving fetishism
any object that is involved in fetishism
any object, activity, etc, to which one is excessively or irrationally devoted: to make a fetish of cleanliness
Origin of fetish
1Derived forms of fetish
- fetish-like or fetich-like, adjective
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Cultural definitions for fetish
Notes for fetish
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