Definition of "fetish" in English

noun

1. Something which is believed to possess, contain, or cause spiritual or magical powers; an amulet or a talisman.

2. (animism, dated) A figure representing the spirit of a deity, human, or animal; an idol or voodoo doll.

3. (countable, uncountable) 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

4. 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

5. A recurrent theme of a specific thing.