Fetich
['fi:tiʃ]
Definition
(n.) Alt. of Fetish
Checked by Cathy
Definition
n. an object either natural or artificial capable of being appropriated by an individual whose possession of it procures the services of a spirit lodged within it.—ns. Fē′tichism Fē′tishism the worship of a fetich: a belief in charms.—adjs. Fetichist′ic Fetishist′ic.
Typist: Ralph
Examples
- For note that Jesus did not set up some external fetich: he did not say, make your neighbor righteous, or chaste, or respectable. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Just as the democrats made a sort of fetich of the words, 'the people,' so you make one of the word 'proletariat. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
Typed by Ann