Voodooism
Americannoun
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the Voodoo religious rites and folk magic practices.
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the practice of magical and ecstatic rites associated with Voodoo.
Other Word Forms
- Voodooist noun
- Voodooistic adjective
Etymology
Origin of Voodooism
Example Sentences
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British Author Derek Marlowe, best known for A Dandy in Aspic, pits Lytton's prim England against sensual Haiti, Catholicism against voodooism, the terrors of a feverish imagination against the banality of a tourist's experience.
From Time Magazine Archive
In one of her new works, Santo, a psychological study of the clash of Voodooism and Christianity in Cuba, fascinated students watched an exhibition of primitive, pantherlike power and grace.
From Time Magazine Archive
The weird songs, the wild excitement of the people followed by the unchaste exposures and hysteria of women, the physical agony and wallowing on the floor, and the violent physical gymnastics among both sexes is a species of voodooism imported from the religion of heathen Africa.
From Project Gutenberg
Like many other ignorant people, he was very superstitious and believed in charms and voodooism.
From Project Gutenberg
Although most of them had been brought up in the Catholic religion, it was said that they had all reverted to heathenism, and were addicted to the practice of voodooism, snake worship, and other hideous barbaric rites.
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