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Fetich

noun
1.
A charm superstitiously believed to embody magical powers.  Synonyms: fetish, hoodoo, juju, voodoo.
2.
Excessive or irrational devotion to some activity.  Synonym: fetish.






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"Fetich" Quotes from Famous Books



... pure faith of reason to the statutory faith, by which the attainment of the goal of religious development is hindered and the laity are brought into dangerous dependence upon the clergy. Priestcraft, hypocrisy, and fanaticism enter in the train of fetich service. The church-faith is destined little by little to make itself superfluous. It has been necessary as a vehicle, as a means for the introduction and extension of the pure religion of morality, and it still remains useful for a time, until humanity shall ...
— History Of Modern Philosophy - From Nicolas of Cusa to the Present Time • Richard Falckenberg

... the sexual feeling is fetichism. To do it justice, fetichism is found in all feeling toward others, but is most developed in sex relation. The fetich is a symbol of the desired person, thus the handkerchief and glove of the woman or the hat of the man. Pathologically any part of the dress—the shoe or the undergarments—may become so closely associated with sexual feeling as to evoke it indiscriminately or even to displace it. ...
— The Foundations of Personality • Abraham Myerson



Words linked to "Fetich" :   voodoo, devotion, good luck charm, hoodoo, charm, juju, fetish



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