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VOODOOISM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does voodooism mean?
• VOODOOISM (noun)
The noun VOODOOISM has 1 sense:
1. a religious cult practiced chiefly in Caribbean countries (especially Haiti); involves witchcraft and animistic deities
Familiarity information: VOODOOISM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A religious cult practiced chiefly in Caribbean countries (especially Haiti); involves witchcraft and animistic deities
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
hoodooism; vodoun; voodoo; voodooism
Hypernyms ("voodooism" is a kind of...):
cult; cultus; religious cult (a system of religious beliefs and rituals)
Domain member category:
zombi; zombi spirit; zombie; zombie spirit ((voodooism) a spirit or supernatural force that reanimates a dead body)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "voodooism"):
hoodoo (a practitioner of voodoo)
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