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fetish
noun
Synonyms and Antonyms of FETISH
1
something about which one is constantly thinking or concerned <dieting seems to be a fetish with some people>
Related Words monomania; complex, hang-up, problem, trip; appetite, cacoëthes, compulsion, craving, desire, drive, enthusiasm, fascination, hankering, hunger, infatuation, itch, longing, lust, passion, pining, thirst, urge, yearning, yen; idiosyncrasy, quirk; bent, disposition, inclination, leaning, partiality, penchant, predilection, predisposition, proclivity, propensity, tendency
Near Antonyms apathy, disinterestedness, disregard, indifference, insouciance, nonchalance, unconcern, unconcernedness
2
something worn or kept to bring good luck or keep away evil <an archaeologist discovering an old animal tooth that may have been worn as a fetish>
Variants of FETISH
fetish also fetich
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