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noun
A religious cult, from Haiti, involving witchcraft and sorcery.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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noun
Any voodoo practice.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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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: voodoo, vodoun, hoodooism
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: cult, cultus, religious cult
Narrower terms: hoodoo
History
Etymology tree Fon voduder. Haitian Creole Vodouder. Louisiana Creole voudoubor. English voodoo Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English voodooism From voodoo + -ism.
