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voodooism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
voodoo-ism
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A religious cult, from Haiti, involving witchcraft and sorcery.

Uncountable

noun

Any voodoo practice.

Countable

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree Fon voduder. Haitian Creole Vodouder. Louisiana Creole voudoubor. English voodoo Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English voodooism From voodoo + -ism.

Usage

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Religion.

Inflected Forms

voodooisms (plural)

Synonyms

voodoo vodoun hoodooism

Questions

What does voodooism mean?
A religious cult, from Haiti, involving witchcraft and sorcery.
Where does voodooism come from?
Etymology tree Fon voduder. Haitian Creole Vodouder. Louisiana Creole voudoubor. English voodoo Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English voodooism From voodoo + -ism.

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