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单词 voodooism
释义

voodoo or voudou /vooˈdoo or -dooˈ/

noun
  1. (also vaudoux or vaudoo /vō-dooˈ/) religious beliefs and practices of African origin found among the black peoples of the West Indies and Southern USA, formerly including serpent-worship, human sacrifice and cannibalism, but now largely confined to sorcery
  2. Any form of magic-working
  3. A person who practises this kind of religious sorcery
adjective

Of, relating to or carrying out voodoo practices

transitive verb

To bewitch by voodoo charms

ORIGIN: W Afr vodu a spirit

vooˈdooism (or /-dooˈ/) noun

Voodoo practices or beliefs

vooˈdooist (or /-dooˈ/) noun

voodooistˈic adjective

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