an object believed among a primitive people to have magical power
an object regarded with superstitious trust or reverence
a form of sexual desire and gratification related to an object or bodily part whose presence in reality or fantasy is psychologically necessary for sexual gratification, or form of sexual desire and gratification related to such an object, etc
an object of irrational reverence or obsessive devotion
[French fétiche via Portuguese from Latin facticius: see factitious]