voodoo
1. a charm superstitiously believed to embody magical powers (Freq. 1)
• Syn:
juju, hoodoo, fetish, fetich
• Derivationally related forms:
fetishist (for: fetish), hoodoo (for: hoodoo)
• Hypernyms:
charm, good luck charm
2. (Haiti) followers of a religion that involves witchcraft and animistic deities
• Topics:
Haiti, Republic of Haiti
• Hypernyms:
cult
3. a religious cult practiced chiefly in Caribbean countries (especially Haiti);
involves witchcraft and animistic deities
• Syn:
vodoun, voodooism, hoodooism
• Members of this Topic:
zombi, zombie, zombi spirit, zombie spirit
• Hypernyms:
cult, cultus, religious cult
• Hyponyms:
hoodoo
bewitch by or as if by a voodoo
• Hypernyms:
hex, bewitch, glamour, witch, enchant, jinx
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
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