noun (n)

• a charm superstitiously believed to embody magical powers(noun.artifact)

  Synonym:
  fetish, hoodoo, juju, voodoo
  

  source: wordnet30
• excessive or irrational devotion to some activity(noun.act)

  Synonym:
  fetish
  

  source: wordnet30
• 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.(noun)

  source: webster1913