hoodooismn.
/ˈhuːduːɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /ˈhuˌduˌɪzəm/ 1. Originally U.S. The system of beliefs and practices constituting voodoo. Also more generally: witchcraft, magic. Cf. voodooism n. 1.
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1868 Sunday Appeal (Memphis, Tennessee) 25 Oct. The religion is rapidly spreading; it goes under the name of Vaudooism or Hoodooism.
1881 Harper's Mag. Apr. 737/1 What is Hoodooism, anyhow?
1921 Double Dealer July 22/1 The white folks gaze at the negro with incredulous eye and wonder what amazing story of hoodooism will come from his lips.
1955 Musical Times 96 661/1 When at last he meets his just deserts, it is through supernatural hoodooism rather than Christianity.
2018 @bantuthot 18 May in twitter.com (accessed 16 Mar. 2021) I grew up with a grandmother who practiced hoodooism, and 2 parents who were jehovahs witnesses.
2. The quality of being a hoodoo (hoodoo n. 3b); unluckiness. rare.
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the world > action or operation > adversity > calamity or misfortune > [noun] > misfortune or ill-luck > quality or condition of
infortunacya1500
unluckiness1556
unfortunateness1561
infortunateness1587
lucklessness1834
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1966 Listener 14 Apr. 542/3 Hoodoo-ism is not confined to steam locomotives. I have known a hoodoo diesel rail car.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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