1.  voodoo(n = noun.artifact) fetich, fetish, hoodoo, juju - a charm superstitiously believed to embody magical powers;
is a kind of charm, good luck charm
Derived form verb voodoo₁

2.  voodoo(n = noun.group) - (Haiti) followers of a religion that involves witchcraft and animistic deities;
is a kind of cult

3.  voodoo(n = noun.cognition) hoodooism, vodoun, voodooism - a religious cult practiced chiefly in Caribbean countries (especially Haiti); involves witchcraft and animistic deities;
is a kind of cult, cultus, religious cult
has particulars: hoodoo
Derived form verb voodoo₁

   voodoo(v = verb.communication) - bewitch by or as if by a voodoo;
is one way to bewitch, enchant, glamour, hex, jinx, witch
Derived forms noun voodoo₁, noun voodoo₃
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1.  See Voodooism. [1913 Webster]

2.  One who practices voodooism; a negro sorcerer. [1913 Webster]

   Of or pertaining to voodooism, or a voodoo; as, voodoo incantations. [1913 Webster]

voodoo, n. & v.
--n.
1 use of or belief in religious witchcraft as practised among Blacks esp. in the W. Indies.
2 a person skilled in this.
3 a voodoo spell.
--v.tr. (voodoos, voodooed) affect by voodoo; bewitch.

Derivative:
voodooism n. voodooist n.

Etymology:
Dahomey vodu

N  sorcery, occult art, occult sciences, magic, the black art, necromancy, theurgy, thaumaturgy, demonology, demonomy, demonship, diablerie, 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, sortilege, ordeal, sortes Virgilianae, hocus-pocus, magic, magical, mystic, weird, cabalistic, talismanic, phylacteric, incantatory, charmed, Circean, odylic, voodoo, sorcery, occult art, occult sciences, magic, the black art, necromancy, theurgy, thaumaturgy, demonology, demonomy, demonship, diablerie, 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, sortilege, ordeal, sortes Virgilianae, hocus-pocus, magic, magical, mystic, weird, cabalistic, talismanic, phylacteric, incantatory, charmed, Circean, odylic, voodoo.

VB  practice sorcery, cast a nativity, conjure, exorcise, charm, enchant, bewitch, bedevil, hoodoo, voodoo, entrance, mesmerize, magnetize, fascinate, 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.

N  sorcerer, magician, thaumaturgist, theurgist, conjuror, necromancer, seer, wizard, witch, hoodoo, voodoo, fairy, lamia, hag, warlock, charmer, exorcist, mage, cunning man, medicine man, Shaman, figure flinger, ecstatica, medium, clairvoyant, fortune teller, mesmerist, deus ex machina, soothsayer, Katerfelto, Cagliostro, Mesmer, Rosicrucian, Circe, siren, weird sisters.

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