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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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 2. Any object to which one is excessively devoted. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: fetich n 1: an object superstitiously believed to embody magical powers [syn: {juju}, {voodoo}, {hoodoo}, {fetish}] 2: excessive or irrational devotion to some activity; "made a fetish of cleanliness" [syn: {fetish}]
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