English "fetish", Spanish "fetiche"

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fetish
/ˈfɛtıʃ/ noun , pl   -tish·es [  count  ]
  1 : a strong and unusual need or desire for something
   He has a fetish for secrecy.
  2 : a need or desire for an object, body part, or activity for sexual excitement
   a shoe/foot/leather fetish
  3 : an object that is believed to have magical powers
   He wore a fetish to ward off evil spirits.
  fe·tish·ism /ˈfɛtıʃˌızəm/ noun   [  noncount  ]
   sexual fetishism
  fe·tish·ist /ˈfɛtıʃıst/ noun , pl   -ists [  count  ]
   a foot fetishist [=a person who has a foot fetish]

fetishism
noun
also fet·ich·ism \-ˌshizəm\
(-s)
1. : belief in and use of magical fetishes
< tribes that still practice fetishism >
: a religion marked by the use of fetishes
2. : extravagant irrational devotion to some object, idea, or practice : worship
< fetishism of the Bible as a material object >
< a fetishism of luxury goods >
< suffers from fetishism of weekly housecleaning >
3. : the often pathological displacement of erotic or libidinal interest and satisfaction to a fetish (as an inanimate object) — compare partialism

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fetiche

(fr. fétiche).m.
Ídolo u objeto de culto al que se atribuye poderes sobrenaturales, especialmente entre los pueblos primitivos.


Fetichismo
Fetichismo es la devoción hacia los objetos materiales, a los que se ha denominado fetiches. El fetichismo es una forma de creencia o práctica religiosa en la cual se considera que ciertos objetos poseen poderes mágicos o sobrenaturales y que protegen al portador o a las personas de las fuerzas naturales. Los amuletos también son considerados fetiches.