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ลองค้นหาคำในรูปแบบอื่น ๆ เพื่อให้ได้ผลลัพธ์มากขึ้นหรือน้อยลง: fetich, -fetich-
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Thai-English-French: Volubilis Dictionary 1.0
เครื่องลาง[khreūang lāng] (n, exp) FR: porte-bonheur [ m ] ; fétiche [ m ]

WordNet (3.0)
fetish(n) excessive or irrational devotion to some activity, Syn. fetich
fetishism(n) a belief in the magical power of fetishes (or the worship of a fetish), Syn. fetichism
fetishism(n) sexual arousal or gratification resulting from handling a fetish (or a specific part of the body other than the sexual organs), Syn. fetichism
juju(n) a charm superstitiously believed to embody magical powers, Syn. fetich, hoodoo, voodoo, fetish

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53
Fetish

{ n. }[ F. fétiche, from Pg. feiti&unr_;o, adj., n., sorcery, charm, fr. L. facticius made by art, artifical, factitious. See Factitious. ] 1. A material object supposed among certain African tribes to represent in such a way, or to be so connected with, a supernatural being, that the possession of it gives to the possessor power to control that being. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Any object to which one is excessively devoted.

Variants: Fetich
Fetishism

{ 277), n. }[ Cf. F. fétichisme. ] [ Written also feticism. ] 1. The doctrine or practice of belief in fetiches. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Excessive devotion to one object or one idea; abject superstition; blind adoration. [ 1913 Webster ]

The real and absolute worship of fire falls into two great divisions, the first belonging rather to fetichism, the second to polytheism proper. Tylor.

Variants: fetichism
Fetishist

{ n. } A believer in fetiches. [ 1913 Webster ]

He was by nature a fetichist. H. Holbeach.

Variants: Fetichist
Fetishistic

{ a. } Pertaining to, or involving, fetichism. [ 1913 Webster ]

A man of the fifteenth century, inheriting its strange web of belief and unbelief, of epicurean levity and fetichistic dread. G. Eliot. [ 1913 Webster ]

Variants: Fetichistic

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