fetish

5 definitions • 7 examples

a sexual interest in an object or a part of the body other than the sexual organs:

a rubber/foot fetish

fetish for He has a fetish for high heels.

fetish about UK It is possible to develop a fetish about almost anything.

an interest in an activity or object that makes someone spend an unreasonable amount of time doing it or thinking about it:

make a fetish of She makes a fetish of organization - it's quite obsessive.

fetish for He has a fetish for cleanliness.

fetish about UK Her fetish about the colour aqua is well known to all her friends.

an object that is worshipped in some societies because it is believed to have a spirit or special magical powers

an activity or object that someone is interested in to an extreme degree and that the person gives an unreasonable amount of time or thought to:

He had a fetish about clothes.

an object believed to have special power to protect