voodoo as a noun: - 1
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as a verb: - 1
voodoo
noun
1 voodoo
A charm superstitiously believed to embody magical powers.
synonyms: fetich, fetish, hoodoo, juju.
Roget 994:
sorcerer,
magician;
thaumaturgist†,
theurgist;
conjuror,
necromancer,
seer,
wizard,
witch;
hoodoo,
voodoo;
fairy
etc.
980;
lamia†,
hag.
warlock,
charmer,
exorcist,
mage†;
cunning man,
medicine man;
Shaman,
figure flinger,
ecstatica†;
medium,
clairvoyant,
fortune teller;
mesmerist;
deus ex machina [Lat.];
soothsayer
etc.
513.
Katerfelto,
Cagliostro,
Mesmer,
Rosicrucian;
Circe,
siren,
weird sisters.
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Dutch: fetisj
Polish: fetysz
2 voodoo
Haiti Followers of a religion that involves witchcraft and animistic deities.
3 voodoo
A religious cult practiced chiefly in Caribbean countries (especially Haiti); involves witchcraft and animistic deities.
synonyms: hoodooism, vodoun, voodooism.
Roget 992:
sorcery;
occult art,
occult sciences;
magic,
the black art,
necromancy,
theurgy,
thaumaturgy†;
demonology,
demonomy†,
demonship†;
diablerie [Fr.],
bedevilment;
witchcraft,
witchery;
glamor;
fetishism,
fetichism,
feticism†;
ghost dance,
hoodoo;
obi,
obiism†;
voodoo,
voodooism;
Shamanism
(Esquimaux),
vampirism;
conjuration;
bewitchery,
exorcism,
enchantment,
mysticism,
second sight,
mesmerism,
animal magnetism;
od force,
odylic force†;
electrobiology†,
clairvoyance;
spiritualism,
spirit rapping,
table turning.
divination
etc.
(prediction)
511;
sortilege†,
ordeal,
sortes Virgilianae†;
hocus-pocus
etc.
(deception)
545.
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Polish: wudu, voodoo
verb
1 voodoo
Bewitch by or as if by a voodoo.
Roget 992:
practice sorcery
etc.
n.;
cast a nativity,
conjure,
exorcise,
charm,
enchant;
bewitch,
bedevil;
hoodoo,
voodoo;
entrance,
mesmerize,
magnetize;
fascinate
etc.
(influence)
615;
taboo;
wave a wand;
rub the ring,
rub the lamp;
cast a spell;
call up spirits,
call up spirits from the vasty deep;
raise spirits from the dead.
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adjective
Roget 992:
magic,
magical;
mystic,
weird,
cabalistic,
talismanic,
phylacteric†,
incantatory;
charmed
etc.
v.;
Circean,
odylic†,
voodoo.
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