Fetish
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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 [[Alfred Binet]] (''[[Le fétichisme dans l'amour]]'', 1887), the term 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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- | * [[Fetishism]], the attribution of religious or mystical qualities to inanimate objects, known as fetishes | + | |
- | * [[Sexual fetishism]], sexual fixation with objects, body parts, or situations not conventionally viewed as being sexual in nature | + | |
- | * [[Commodity fetishism]], a Marxist concept of valuation in capitalist markets | + | |
- | * [[Fetish model]] | + | |
- | * [[Fetish fashion]], clothing fetishes | + | |
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- | ==Etymology== | + | |
- | From French ''fétiche'', from Portuguese ''feitiço'', from Latin ''factīcius'' (“artificial”) | + | |
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