fetish

Plural: fetishes

Noun

• An object believed to possess magical powers, or an object of excessive devotion.
• a form of sexual desire in which gratification depends to an abnormal degree on some object or item of clothing or part of the body
  • "common male fetishes are breasts, legs, hair, shoes, and underwear"
• a charm superstitiously believed to embody magical powers
• excessive or irrational devotion to some activity
  • "made a fetish of cleanliness"
• Something which is believed to possess, contain, or cause spiritual or magical powers; an amulet or a talisman.
• A figure representing the spirit of a deity, human, or animal; an idol or voodoo doll.
• Sexual attraction to or arousal at something abnormally sexual or nonsexual, such as an object or a nonsexual part of the body.
• An irrational or abnormal preoccupation or fixation on some object or activity; an obsession.

Examples

• a fetish for deficit reduction
• a fetish for leather
• I know a guy who has a foot fetish.
• Some players develop a FETISH for triple-word scores, ignoring other strategic plays.

Synonyms

fetich, hoodoo, juju, voodoo, kink