different between fetishlike vs fetish

English

Etymology

fetish +? -like

Adjective

fetishlike (comparative more fetishlike, superlative most fetishlike)

1. Resembling or characteristic of a fetish.
   • 2005, John Bradshaw, Healing the Shame That Binds You

     Because of our overemphasis and fetishlike obsession that associates the size of the penis with personal power, we have simply overlooked the symbolic and deeper significance of the vagina.

English

Alternative forms

• fetich (dated [18th c.–present])

Etymology

Borrowed from French fétiche, from Portuguese feitiço, from Latin fact?cius (“artificial”). Doublet of factitious.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) enPR: f?t??sh, f??t?sh, IPA^(key): /?f?t.??/, /?fi?.t??/

Noun

fetish (plural fetishes)

1. Something which is believed to possess, contain, or cause spiritual or magical powers; an amulet or a talisman. [from the early 17th c.]
2. Sexual attraction to or arousal at something abnormally sexual or nonsexual, such as an object or a part of the body. [from the early 19th c.]

   Synonym: paraphilia
3. An irrational, or abnormal fixation or preoccupation; an obsession. [from the 19th c.]
   • 1933, George Orwell, Down and Out in Paris and London (Harvest / Harcourt paperback edition), chapter XXII, page 117:

     We have a feeling that it must be "honest" work, because it is hard and disagreeable, and we have made a sort of fetish of manual work.

Derived terms

• fet
• fetishism
• fetishist
• fetishistic
• fetishize
• fetishlike
• fetishwear

Translations

Anagrams

• feiths, thiefs