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-	{{Template}}	+	#redirect[[Fetishism]]
-	# something [[nonsexual]], such as an [[object]] or a [[part of the body]] which arouses [[sexual desire]] or is necessary for one to reach full sexual satisfaction	+
-	# something which is believed to possess, contain, or cause [[spiritual]] or [[magical]] powers; an [[amulet]] or a [[talisman]]	+
-	# an irrational, or abnormal, fixation or preoccupation	+
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-	: '''1933''': ''We have a feeling that it must be "honest" work, because it is hard and disagreeable, and we have made a sort of '''fetish''' of manual work.'' -- [[George Orwell]], ''[[Down and Out in Paris and London]]'', Ch. XXII, pg	+
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-	'''Fetish''' has several uses, including:	+
-	*[[Fetishism]], a man-made object that has power over others.	+
-	*[[Sexual fetishism]]	+
-	*[[Commodity fetishism]], a [[Marxist]] concept of valuation in [[capitalist]] markets.	+
-	==Etymology==	+
-	From French ''fétiche'', from Portuguese ''feitiço'', from Latin ''factīcius'' (“artificial”)	+
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