Found 2 items, similar to fetish.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: fetish
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]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Fetish
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.
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]