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-	A '''fetish''' denotes something which is believed to possess, contain, or cause [[spiritual]] or [[magical]] powers; an [[amulet]] or a [[talisman]]. This meaning was popularized in anthropology by [[Charles de Brosses]]'s ''[[Le Culte des Dieux Fétiches]]'' (1760). Since the late 19th century, more specifically in the work of Havelock Ellis, it started to refer to 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. In common parlance, it refers to an irrational, or abnormal, fixation or preoccupation.	+
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-	It can also refer to	+
-	*[[Fetishism]], a man-made object that has power over others.	+
-	*[[Fetish model]]	+
-	*[[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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