voodooism
n . 巫毒教的魔术
巫毒教的魔术
voodooism n 1 :
a religious cult practiced chiefly in Caribbean countries (
especially Haiti );
involves witchcraft and animistic deities [
synonym : {
voodoo }, {
vodoun }, {
voodooism }, {
hoodooism }]
Voodooism \
Voo "
doo *
ism \,
n . [
Probably (
through Creole French vaudoux a negro sorcerer )
fr .
F .
Vaudois Waldensian ,
because the Waldenses were accused of sorcery .]
A degraded form of superstition and sorcery ,
said to include human sacrifices and cannibalism in some of its rites .
It is prevalent among the negroes of Haiti ,
and to some extent in the United States ,
and is regarded as a relic of African barbarism .
[
1913 Webster ]
36 Moby Thesaurus words for "
voodooism ":
alchemy ,
bewitchery ,
charm ,
divination ,
enchantment ,
fetishism ,
glamour ,
gramarye ,
hoodoo ,
juju ,
jujuism ,
magic ,
natural magic ,
necromancy ,
obeah ,
rune ,
shamanism ,
sorcery ,
sortilege ,
spell ,
spellbinding ,
spellcasting ,
sympathetic magic ,
thaumaturgia ,
thaumaturgics ,
thaumaturgism ,
thaumaturgy ,
theurgy ,
vampirism ,
voodoo ,
wanga ,
white magic ,
witchcraft ,
witchery ,
witchwork ,
wizardry
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