fetish
/ˈfɛtɪʃ/
noun
- An object or activity that is the focus of an excessive, irrational, or obsessive interest or devotion.
- She had a fetish for collecting vintage fountain pens, spending hours searching for rare models.
- The company's fetish with data collection worried privacy advocates.
- His fetish for cleanliness meant he vacuumed the house three times a day.
- An object believed to have magical or spiritual powers, especially among some traditional societies.
- In the museum, we saw a collection of African fetishes used in religious ceremonies.
- The anthropologist studied how the tribe used fetishes in their healing rituals.
- The shaman carried a small fetish made of feathers and stones to ward off evil spirits.
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