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1. (n.) voodoo
a polytheistic religion practiced chiefly by West Indians, deriving principally from African cult worship and containing elements borrowed from the Catholic religion.
2. voodoo
a person who practices this religion.
3. voodoo
a fetish or other object of voodoo worship.
4. voodoo
black magic; sorcery.
5. (adj.) voodoo
of, associated with, or practicing voodoo.
6. voodoo
deceptively simple:
voodoo economics.
7. (v.t.) voodoo
to affect by voodoo sorcery.
Etymology: (1810–20, Amer.; < LaF, earlier vandoux, vandoo)
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| Definition of 'voodoo' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) juju, voodoo, hoodoo, fetish, fetich
a charm superstitiously believed to embody magical powers
2. (noun) voodoo
(Haiti) followers of a religion that involves witchcraft and animistic deities
3. (verb) voodoo, vodoun, voodooism, hoodooism
a religious cult practiced chiefly in Caribbean countries (especially Haiti); involves witchcraft and animistic deities
4. (verb) voodoo
bewitch by or as if by a voodoo
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) voodoo
of or pertaining to voodooism, or a voodoo; as, voodoo incantations
2. (noun) voodoo
see Voodooism
3. (noun) voodoo
one who practices voodooism; a negro sorcerer
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| Definitions of 'voodoo' |
The Nuttall Encyclopedia |
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1. voodoo
name given to a system of magic and superstitious rites prevalent among certain negro races.
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Sense: a type of witchcraft originally practised by certain Negro races in the West Indies.
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 Afrikaans: voedoe |
 Arabic: فودو: مَزيج من السِّحْر و |
 Bulgarian: вуду |
 Brazilian: vodu |
 Czech: čarodějnictví |
 German: der Wodu |
 Danish: voodoo |
 Greek: βουντού |
 Spanish: vudú |
 Estonian: voodoo |
 Farsi: طلسم ودو |
 Finnish: voodoo |
 French: vaudou |
 Hebrew: כִּישוּף ווּדוּ |
 Hindi: तन्त्र-मन्त्र |
 Croatian: vudu |
 Hungarian: néger varázslás |
 Indonesian: tenung |
 Icelandic: vúdú(galdrar) |
 Italian: vudù |
 Japanese: ブーズー教 |
 Korean: 부두교(주로 서인도 제도의 흑인들이 믿는 다신 |
 Lithuanian: burtai, kerai |
 Latvian: maģija; buršana |
 Malay: voodoo |
 Dutch: voodoo |
 Norwegian: voodoo(-trolldom) |
 Polish: gusła |
 Persian: طلسم ودو |
 Pashto: په افريقايي تور پوستو كې |
 Portuguese: vudu |
 Romanian: voodoo |
 Russian: шаманство |
 Slovak: čarodejníctvo |
 Slovenian: vudu |
 Serbian: vudu |
 Swedish: voodoo |
 Thai: พิธีทางศาสนาและเวทมนตร์ขอ |
 Turkish: vudu, büyü |
 Taiwanese: 巫毒教 |
 Ukrainian: шаманство, чаклунство |
 Urdu: سفلي جادو |
 Vietnamese: sự dùng tà thuật |
 Chinese: （尤指西印度群岛等地的）伏都教 |
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