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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 ''[[Du 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, a fetish refers to an [[irrational]], or [[abnormal]] [[fixation]] or preoccupation.	+
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-	'''Fetish''' may refer to:	+
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-	==Anthropological uses==	+
-	* [[Fetishism]], the attribution of religious or mystical qualities to inanimate objects, known as fetishes	+
-	* [[Zuni fetishes]], small carvings from various stones made by the Zuni Indians	+
-	* [[Imiut fetish]], in ancient Egypt a stuffed, headless animal skin tied by the tail to a pole	+
-	* [[Fetish priest]], in countries of West Africa, a person who serves as a mediator between the spirit and the living	+
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-	==Sexual==	+
-	* [[Sexual fetishism]], a sexual attraction to objects or body parts of lesser sexual importance (or none at all) such as feet, toes or certain types of clothing	+
-	** [[Racial fetishism]]	+
-	* [[Fetish subculture]], a social movement constructed around sexual fetishism	+
-	* [[Fetish magazine]], a type of erotic magazine	+
-	* [[Fetish art]]	+
-	** [[List of fetish artists]]	+
-	* [[Fetish fashion]]	+
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-	==Arts==	+
-	* [[Fetish (album)|''Fetish'' (album)]], a 1999 album by Joan Jett and the Blackhearts	+
-	* [[Fetish (song)|"Fetish" (song)]], a 2017 song by Selena Gomez	+
-	* Fetish, a fictional superheroine in the ''[[Bomb Queen]]'' series	+
-	* ''[[The Great Fetish]]'', a science fiction novel by L. Sprague de Camp	+
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-	==Business==	+
-	* [[Commodity fetishism]], a Marxist concept of valuation in capitalist markets	+
-	* [[Venturi Fétish]], a car produced by Venturi Automobilesiguation	+
-	* ''[[Growth Fetish]]'', a 2003 book by Clive Hamilton advocating a zero-growth economy among "developed" nations	+
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-	==Etymology==	+
-	From French ''fétiche'', from Portuguese ''feitiço'', from Latin ''[[factīcius]]'' (“artificial”)	+
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