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    Which word was etymologically derived from the Portuguese to describe a compulsive attraction to some sort of object?

    Question #87377. Asked by tragic_flawed. (Oct 16 07 10:53 PM)


    lanfranco

    You might be referring to "fetish" or "fetishism":


    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fetishism

    Oct 17 07, 8:15 AM


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