Fetish

Definition: Fetish

Fetish

Noun

1. A charm superstitiously believed to embody magical powers.

2. Excessive or irrational devotion to some activity; "made a fetish of cleanliness".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "fetish" was first used: 1613. (references)

Synonyms: Fetish

Sexuality

Perversion, deviation, sexual abnormality; fetish, fetishism; homosexuality, lesbianism, bisexuality; sodomy, buggery; pederasty; sadism. masochism, sado-masochism; incest.

Spell

Talisman, amulet, periapt, telesm, phylactery, philter; fetich, fetish; agnus Dei; furcula, madstone; mascot, mascotte; merrythought; Om, Aum; scarab, scarabaeus; sudarium, triskelion, veronica, wishbone; swastika, fylfot, gammadion.

Crosswords: Fetish

Albanian (fetish, make a fetish of), Russian (talisman).

Lesbian Fetish Party (2002)

Every Man's Fetish 8: American Fetish (2000)

Fetish Sex Fights 4 (2000)

Lesbian Fetish Fever (1999)

Indian Fetish Cult (1997)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Best Fetish Erotica (Best Erotica Series) (reference)

• Eric Kroll's Fetish Girls (reference)

• Fetish (reference)

• Fetish Art (reference)

• Fetish Blonde (reference)

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

• Penthouse: Fetish - Virtual Harem 9 Circles of Pleasure (reference)

• Foot Fetish Primer (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Fetish [EXPLICIT LYRICS] (reference)

• Water Damage Reissues, Vol. 1: Box Fetish [EXTRA TRACKS] (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Nail fetish in animal shape from the Lower Congo River tribes. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Children

Ghana

The practice has decreased in recent years because other belief systems have gained followers, and fetish priests who die have not been replaced. (references)

Ghana

A virgin girl, sometimes under the age of 10, but often in her teens, is given by her family to work and be trained in traditional religion at a fetish shrine for a period lasting between several weeks and 3 years as a means of atonement for an allegedly heinous crime committed by a member of the girl's family. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Expressions using "fetish": make a fetish of ♦ make a fetish of cleanliness. Additional references.

Beginning with "fetish": fetish-chains, fetish-charms.

Albanian

fetish (make a fetish of), objekt adhurimi (idol), nuskë (doll, mascot), idhull (Baal, graven image, hero, idol, pippin). (various references)

Arabic 

‏معبود (divinity, enslaved, god, idol), ‏صنم (idol), ‏الفتش صنم لجلب الأمان. (various references)

Bulgarian 

фетиш (fetich, fetiche, medicine, obi), култ (cult, idolatry, religion, worship), муска (amulet, mascot, medicine). (various references)

Czech

fetiš. (various references)

Finnish

fetishshi, taikaesine. (various references)

French

fétiche. (various references)

German

fetisch. (various references)

Greek 

βρώμα (dirt, filth, stench, stink), ξόανο (figurehead, statue), φετίχ, είδωλο (idol, image, reflection, reflexion). (various references)

Hebrew 

אליל (false god, idol). (various references)

Hungarian

fétis (juju). (various references)

Italian

feticcio. (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

呪物 . (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

じゅぶつ (Confucianism and Buddhism). (various references)

Manx

feddish. (various references)

Pig Latin

etishfay.(various references)

Portuguese

fetiche (charm, manitou), feitiço (abracadabra, bewitchment, charm, conjuration, enchantment, juju, sorcery, witchcraft, witchery). (various references)

Romanian

fetiş (charm, mumbo jumbo). (various references)

Russian 

фетиш (fetich, fetiche). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

fetiš (ju-ju). (various references)

Spanish

fetiche. (various references)

Swedish

fetisch (juju, mumbo jumbo). (various references)

Turkish

fetiş, put (cult figure, God, graven image, idol, image, tin god, voodoo). (various references)

Ukrainian

ідол (God, idol), фетиш. (various references)

Vietnamese 

vật thần, vật thờ điều mê tín, điều tôn sùng quá đáng. (various references)

facticius. (various references)

mascoto. (various references)

feti�o. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "fetish": fetishes, fetishism, fetishisms, fetishist, fetishistic, fetishistically, fetishists. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Fetish" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: fastish, fedish, feitsh, Fekih, Femis, femish, fethish, fetiah, fetic, Fetis, Fetisch, fetisso, Fettis, fettish, feyish, fivish, Foxtech, freeish, Fteah, Fuelish, getihu. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: feist, hefts, heist, shift, thief.

-2 letters: efts, eths, fehs, fets, fish, fist, fits, heft, hest, hets, hies, hist, hits, seif, sift, site, sith, this, ties.

-3 letters: efs, eft, eth, feh, fet, fie, fit, hes, het, hie, his, hit, ifs, its, sei, set, she, sit, the, tie, tis.

-4 letters: ef, eh, es, et, he, hi.

+1 letter: fishnet, fitches, leftish, shifted, shifter.

+2 letters: chiefest, fetiches, fetishes, fighters, fishiest, fishnets, fitchets, fitchews, flitches, freights, heftiest, huffiest, redshift, refights, shifters, shiftier, tilefish, whiffets.

+3 letters: batfishes, blueshift, catfishes, chaffiest, chuffiest, faithless, fenthions, fetichism, fetishism, fetishist, fiftieths, filthiest, fishplate, flashiest, fleshiest, flichters, foresight, fortieths, frightens, frothiest, gearshift, halftimes, headfirst, heftiness, helilifts, lithifies, makeshift, outfished, outfishes, ratfishes, redshifts, safelight, shiftable, shiftiest, shiftless, stonefish, thurifers, unshifted, upshifted, whitefish.