Voodoo vs Voodooish - What's the difference?
voodoo | voodooish |
As a noun voodoo is voodoo. As an adjective voodooish is (rare) reminiscent of voodoo; dark and sinister.
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voodoo Noun
A religion of the Ewe/Fon of West Africa, practiced chiefly in Benin.
Any of a group of related religious practices found chiefly in and around the Caribbean, particularly in Haiti and Louisiana.
(pejorative) Any sort of magical or irrational approach to a problem.
- I want a real explanation, not this statistical voodoo .
(dated) One who practices voodoo; a native sorcerer.
* 1889 , Longman's Magazine (volume 14, page 557)
- So a reporter of the Boston Herald (U.S.) has 'interviewed' a few local Voodoos . He has seen a dance round a boiling pot, seen some tomfoolery with spiders, and heard a lot of superstitious nonsense.
Alternative forms
* (religion of Africa or the Americas) vodoun, voudoun, vodun, voudou, Voodoo
Synonyms
* (religion) voodooism
Derived terms
* voodoo death
* voodoo doll
* voodoo economics
* voodooism
* voodooist
* voodoo programming
* voodoo science
Verb
( en verb)
To bewitch someone or something using
- He claimed his neighbor had voodooed him.
See also
* hoodoo
* (Haitian Vodou)
* (West African Vodun)
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voodooish English
Adjective
( en adjective)
(rare) Reminiscent of voodoo; dark and sinister.
Synonyms
* voodoolike |
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