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fetish (derived from the
French fétiche; which comes from the
Portuguese feitiço; and this in turn from
Latin facticius, "artificial" and
facere, "to make") is an object believed to have
supernatural powers, or in particular, a man-made object that has power over others. Essentially, fetishism is the
emic attribution of inherent value or powers to an object.