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Voodooism

Voodooism Meaning & Definition
Voodooism Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Voodooism?

[n] a religious cult practiced chiefly in Caribbean countries (especially Haiti); involves witchcraft and animistic deities

Synonyms | Synonyms for Voodooism: hoodooism | vodoun | voodoo

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See Also | cult | hoodoo | religious cult

Voodooism In Webster's Dictionary

\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 Hayti, and to some extent in the United States, and is regarded as a relic of African barbarism.

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