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Fetish

fetish: 1. an object of special devotion to which mystical power may be attributed. 2. an object or charm endowed with magical or supernatural power; an object or part of the body charged, for a particular person, with special sexuoerotic power [from Latin, facticius, artificial]. See also partialism.

Fetishism

a paraphilia of the fetishistic/talismanic type in which sexuoerotic arousal and facilitation or attainment of orgasm are responsive to, and contingent on a particular talisman or fetish object, substance, or part of the body belonging to the partner. There is no technical term for the reciprocal paraphilic condition in which the fetish, for example; a uniform, must belong to the self. 2. the condition in which a person is dependent on a talisman or fetish object, substance or part of the body in order to obtain erotic arousal and facilitate or achieve orgasm.

Synonyms:
FETISH: bias, fetishism, fixation, leaning, mania, obsession, partiality, penchant, predilection, prejudice, preoccupation, prepossession, proclivity, propensity, thing SEE ALSO: BDSM, BONDAGE, BOTTOM, CBT/CBTT, DOMINATION, DUNGEON, KINKY, PAIN, S&M, SPANKING, TOP.