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voodooism


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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  Hayti,  and  to  some  extent  in 
  the  United  States,  and  is  regarded  as  a  relic  of  African 
  barbarism. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  voodooism 
  n  :  a  religious  cult  practiced  chiefly  in  Caribbean  countries 
  (especially  Haiti);  involves  witchcraft  and  animistic 
  deities  [syn:  {voodoo},  {vodoun},  {hoodooism}] 




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