voodoo

voo·doo  (vd)

n. pl. voo·doos

1. A religion practiced chiefly in Caribbean countries, especially Haiti, syncretized from Roman Catholic ritual elements and the animism and magic of slaves from West Africa, in which a supreme God rules a large pantheon of local and tutelary deities, deified ancestors, and saints, who communicate with believers in dreams, trances, and ritual possessions. Also called vodoun.

2. A charm, fetish, spell, or curse holding magic power for adherents of voodoo.

3. A practitioner, priest, or priestess of voodoo.

4. Deceptive or delusive nonsense.

tr.v. voo·dooed, voo·doo·ing, voo·doos

To place under the influence of a spell or curse; bewitch.

adj.

1. Of or relating to the beliefs or practices of voodoo.

2. Based on unrealistic or delusive assumptions: voodoo economics.

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[Louisiana French voudou, from Ewe vodu and Fon vodun.]

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voodoo

Noun

a religion involving ancestor worship and witchcraft, practised by Black people in the West Indies, esp. in Haiti

Adjective

of or relating to voodoo: a voodoo curse [from West African]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	voodoo - a charm superstitiously believed to embody magical powers fetich, fetish, juju, hoodoo good luck charm, charm - something believed to bring good luck
	2.	voodoo - (Haiti) followers of a religion that involves witchcraft and animistic deities cult - followers of an exclusive system of religious beliefs and practices Haiti, Republic of Haiti - a republic in the West Indies on the western part of the island of Hispaniola; achieved independence from France in 1804; the poorest and most illiterate nation in the western hemisphere
	3.	voodoo - a religious cult practiced chiefly in Caribbean countries (especially Haiti); involves witchcraft and animistic deities hoodooism, vodoun, voodooism cultus, religious cult, cult - a system of religious beliefs and rituals; "devoted to the cultus of the Blessed Virgin" hoodoo - a practitioner of voodoo zombi, zombi spirit, zombie spirit, zombie - (voodooism) a spirit or supernatural force that reanimates a dead body
Verb	1.	voodoo - bewitch by or as if by a voodoo glamour, hex, jinx, witch, bewitch, enchant - cast a spell over someone or something; put a hex on someone or something