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фети́ш — meaning in English

fetish

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English meaning

  • fetish noun An object believed to hold magical or spiritual power.

Senses

фети́ш is used for these senses in English:

  • fetish Something which is believed to possess, contain, or cause spiritual or magical powers; an amulet or a talisman. [from the early 17th c.]
  • fetish (countable, uncountable) Sexual fixation to or arousal at something abnormally sexual or nonsexual, such as an object or a nonsexual part of the body. [from the early 19th c.]
  • fetish An irrational or abnormal preoccupation or fixation on some object or activity; an obsession. [from the 19th c.]

fetish — full definition

  1. noun An object believed to hold magical or spiritual power.
  2. noun A strong, often sexual, fixation on a particular object or body part.
  3. noun An excessive or irrational obsession with something.
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