Meanings (ES + gloss)
fetiche
Something which is believed to possess, contain, or cause spiritual or magical powers; an amulet or a talisman.
The idols and fetishes were being dressed up and whitewashed, receiving sacrifices.
fetiche
Sexual fixation to or arousal at something abnormally sexual or nonsexual, such as an object or a nonsexual part of the body.
I know a guy who has a foot fetish.
a fetish for leather
fetiche
An irrational or abnormal preoccupation or fixation on some object or activity; an obsession.
He has been talking about the same topic for hours on end, I suspect he may have a fetish
However, I am not prone to sensitiveness, and the following of a sense of duty, wherever it may lead, has always been a kind of fetich with me throughout my life; which may account…
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