What is fetish? How to use in English

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Definition & pronunciation of fetish

fetishnoun

tôn sùng

/ˈfetɪʃ//ˈfetɪʃ/

Where does the word fetish come from?

Word Originearly 17th cent. (originally denoting an object used by the peoples of West Africa as an amulet or charm): from French fétiche, from Portuguese feitiço ‘charm, sorcery’ (originally an adjective meaning ‘made by art’), from Latin facticius, from facere ‘do, make’.

Vocabulary summary fetish

typenoun

meaningsacred object; object of worship

meaningsuperstition; superstition

exampleto make a fetish of clothes

Example of vocabulary fetishnamespace

meaning

the fact that a person spends too much time doing or thinking about a particular thing or thinks that it is more important than it really is

  • She has a fetish about cleanliness.
  • He makes a fetish of his work.
meaning

the fact of getting sexual pleasure from a particular object

  • to have a leather fetish
meaning

an object that some people worship because they believe that it has magic powers

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