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noun
Any of a group of related religious practices found chiefly in and around the Caribbean, particularly in Haiti and Louisiana.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
The spiritual beliefs of the Ewe/Fon of West Africa, practiced chiefly in Benin and in the south of Togo.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Any sort of magical or irrational approach to a problem.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, derogatory, uncountable
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noun
One who practices voodoo; a native sorcerer.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, dated, uncountable
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verb
To bewitch someone or something using voodoo
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noun
a charm superstitiously believed to embody magical powers
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: juju, hoodoo, fetish, fetich
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Broader terms: charm, good luck charm
noun
a religious cult practiced chiefly in Caribbean countries (especially Haiti); involves witchcraft and animistic deities
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: vodoun, voodooism, hoodooism
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Broader terms: cult, cultus, religious cult
Narrower terms: hoodoo
noun
(Haiti) followers of a religion that involves witchcraft and animistic deities
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: cult
verb
bewitch by or as if by a voodoo
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: hex, bewitch, glamour, witch, enchant, jinx
History
Etymology tree Fon voduder. Haitian Creole Vodouder. Louisiana Creole voudoubor. English voodoo From Louisiana Creole voudou, from Haitian Creole Vodou, from a West African language, such as Ewe vódũ (“deity, idol”), Fon vòdún (“fetish”) or the Kwa languages vodũ.
Across languages
31 source translations are retained for this English entry.
