witch doctorn.

Brit.

/ˈwɪtʃ ˌdɒktə/, U.S.

/ˈwɪtʃ ˌdɑktər/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: witch n., doctor n.

Etymology: < witch n. + doctor n.

a. A person who claims to cure disease and to counteract witchcraft using magic; a wizard or witch. Now chiefly historical.

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the world > health and disease > healing > healer > alternative practitioner > [noun] > using magic

ophiogenes1601

piai1613

witch doctor1718

dukun1817

piaiman1825

wizard1845

doctor1846

mganga1860

the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > non-European magic (miscellaneous) > [noun] > sorcerer or medicine man

fetisheer1613

witch doctor1718

gris-gris man1788

medicine man1801

wizard1845

inyanga1862

moloi1871

goofer1887

trick-doctor1889

1718 F. Hutchinson Hist. Ess. conc. Witchcraft viii. 110 The said Dorothy Durent, having been with a Witch-Doctor, acknowledges..that [etc.].

1901 Lancet 19 Oct. 1085/2 He was considered to be a ‘witch doctor’ and..farmers and females went to him to have the ‘evil eye’ removed.

2002 R. Porter Blood & Guts ii. 21 But from early times, healing also became the craft of diviners and witch-doctors, fighting off the disorders raining down from above and offering remedies.

b. Originally and chiefly in southern Africa: a traditional healer and diviner, esp. one who claims to guard against or cure afflictions thought to be caused by spirit possession or witchcraft. In later use also applied to traditional healers in other parts of Africa and the world. Cf. witch n. 1c and witchfinder n. 2.See also inyanga n., mganga n., moloi n., ngaka n., sangoma n., tagati n. 1, and umtagati n. 1.Because this term has acquired derogatory connotations (cf. sense 2), anthropologists now prefer the terms diviner or traditional healer.

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the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > non-European magic (miscellaneous) > [noun] > sorcerer or medicine man > African witch-doctor

witch doctor1817

witchfinder1833

witch doctress1834

ngaka1871

sangoma1893

1817 G. R. Nyländer Jrnl. 20 Dec. in Proc. Church Missionary Soc. 1818–9 (1819) 256/1 After prayers, saw the witch-doctor, and asked why he did not come to prayers.

1836 R. M. Martin Hist. S. Afr. i. iv. 168 So infatuated [are they] in a belief of the infallibility of the wizard or witch doctor.

1897 M. Kingsley Trav. W. Afr. 445 One witch doctor may have..particular influence over one class of spirit and another over another class.

1937 M. Covarrubias Island of Bali x. 339 Some people are born with a capacity to store a higher charge of magic [energy] than others; they become the priests, witch-doctors, and so forth, endowed with supernatural powers.

1966 New Scientist 25 Aug. 414/3 Bufotenine (5–HDMT) is the active hallucinogen in potions prepared from plants by witch-doctors in the West Indies.

1994 H. Holland Born in Soweto viii. 141 Sara Mashele is a diviner and herbalist, a traditional healer known to blacks as a sangoma and to most whites as a witchdoctor.

2008 Inner Tapestry June 7/1 These witch doctors or weed women trained through long apprenticeships to learn and understand the herbs of their region.

2. Chiefly derogatory. A person who treats mental health problems; a psychotherapist, psychiatrist, or psychoanalyst. Cf. headshrinker n. 2.

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the world > health and disease > healing > psychiatry > [noun] > psychiatrist

mad-doctor1697

head-doctor1850

mind-curer1856

psychiater1857

alienist1864

psychopath1864

psychiatrist1869

mind-curist1889

trick-cyclist1897

soul doctor1922

loony-doctor1925

witch doctor1930

psych1946

headshrinker1950

wig-picker1961

shrink1966

shrinker1967

1930 W. Lewis Apes of God ii. 81 Frumpfsusan had spoken. Scale was of the essence! All else being equal—the jewish witch doctor's face had smiled broadly, naturally who wouldn't, as he had counselled—‘No overmatching.’

1947 H. Eustis Horizontal Man 48 ‘That's the ink-blot thing?’ Forstmann nodded. ‘You witch doctors!’ said Bainbridge.

2004 N.Y. Times 5 Sept. (Book Rev. section) 10/1 I wouldn't give up on the wily old witch-doctor [sc. Sigmund Freud] just yet: psychoanalysis, having incorporated some of his ideas and rejected others, has in fact moved far beyond him.

Derivatives

ˈwitch-ˌdoctoring n.

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the world > health and disease > healing > art or science of medicine > [noun] > witch-doctoring

powwow1820

witch-doctoring1850

piaiing1876

piaiism1882

witchdoctory1919

the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > non-European magic (miscellaneous) > [noun] > sorcerer or medicine man > practice of

witch-doctoring1850

witchdoctory1919

1850 J. Maclean Let. 26 Aug. in Cape of Good Hope: Corr. Governor Relative to Kafir Tribes (1851) 17 in Parl. Papers XXXVIII. 1 I have the honour to report that Umlanjeni, a Kafir of Umkye's tribe and location, has lately revived the witch-doctoring craft.

1977 P. Johnson Enemies of Society xv. 197 Those who practise psychiatric medicine are in the position of early-nineteenth-century doctors, trying to get round as yet unsolved difficulties by witch-doctoring.

2007 German Stud. Rev. 30 526 Orfeo exploits his exotic appearance with a sideline in faux-African witch-doctoring.

ˈwitchˌdoctory n. the activities or practices of witch doctors.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > healing > art or science of medicine > [noun] > witch-doctoring

powwow1820

witch-doctoring1850

piaiing1876

piaiism1882

witchdoctory1919

the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > non-European magic (miscellaneous) > [noun] > sorcerer or medicine man > practice of

witch-doctoring1850

witchdoctory1919

1919 Windsor Mag. 50 471/2 They terrorised the superstitious people, just worked their will through threat of witchcraft, witch-doctory, and the like.

2004 P. de Rosa Fatal Flaw Christianity iii. 110 The witchdoctory of an African village.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	witch doctor
释义	witch doctorn. Brit. /ˈwɪtʃ ˌdɒktə/, U.S. /ˈwɪtʃ ˌdɑktər/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: witch n., doctor n. Etymology: < witch n. + doctor n. 1. a. A person who claims to cure disease and to counteract witchcraft using magic; a wizard or witch. Now chiefly historical. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > healer > alternative practitioner > [noun] > using magic ophiogenes1601 piai1613 witch doctor1718 dukun1817 piaiman1825 wizard1845 doctor1846 mganga1860 the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > non-European magic (miscellaneous) > [noun] > sorcerer or medicine man fetisheer1613 witch doctor1718 gris-gris man1788 medicine man1801 wizard1845 inyanga1862 moloi1871 goofer1887 trick-doctor1889 1718 F. Hutchinson Hist. Ess. conc. Witchcraft viii. 110 The said Dorothy Durent, having been with a Witch-Doctor, acknowledges..that [etc.]. 1901 Lancet 19 Oct. 1085/2 He was considered to be a ‘witch doctor’ and..farmers and females went to him to have the ‘evil eye’ removed. 2002 R. Porter Blood & Guts ii. 21 But from early times, healing also became the craft of diviners and witch-doctors, fighting off the disorders raining down from above and offering remedies. b. Originally and chiefly in southern Africa: a traditional healer and diviner, esp. one who claims to guard against or cure afflictions thought to be caused by spirit possession or witchcraft. In later use also applied to traditional healers in other parts of Africa and the world. Cf. witch n. 1c and witchfinder n. 2.See also inyanga n., mganga n., moloi n., ngaka n., sangoma n., tagati n. 1, and umtagati n. 1.Because this term has acquired derogatory connotations (cf. sense 2), anthropologists now prefer the terms diviner or traditional healer. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > non-European magic (miscellaneous) > [noun] > sorcerer or medicine man > African witch-doctor witch doctor1817 witchfinder1833 witch doctress1834 ngaka1871 sangoma1893 1817 G. R. Nyländer Jrnl. 20 Dec. in Proc. Church Missionary Soc. 1818–9 (1819) 256/1 After prayers, saw the witch-doctor, and asked why he did not come to prayers. 1836 R. M. Martin Hist. S. Afr. i. iv. 168 So infatuated [are they] in a belief of the infallibility of the wizard or witch doctor. 1897 M. Kingsley Trav. W. Afr. 445 One witch doctor may have..particular influence over one class of spirit and another over another class. 1937 M. Covarrubias Island of Bali x. 339 Some people are born with a capacity to store a higher charge of magic [energy] than others; they become the priests, witch-doctors, and so forth, endowed with supernatural powers. 1966 New Scientist 25 Aug. 414/3 Bufotenine (5–HDMT) is the active hallucinogen in potions prepared from plants by witch-doctors in the West Indies. 1994 H. Holland Born in Soweto viii. 141 Sara Mashele is a diviner and herbalist, a traditional healer known to blacks as a sangoma and to most whites as a witchdoctor. 2008 Inner Tapestry June 7/1 These witch doctors or weed women trained through long apprenticeships to learn and understand the herbs of their region. 2. Chiefly derogatory. A person who treats mental health problems; a psychotherapist, psychiatrist, or psychoanalyst. Cf. headshrinker n. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > psychiatry > [noun] > psychiatrist mad-doctor1697 head-doctor1850 mind-curer1856 psychiater1857 alienist1864 psychopath1864 psychiatrist1869 mind-curist1889 trick-cyclist1897 soul doctor1922 loony-doctor1925 witch doctor1930 psych1946 headshrinker1950 wig-picker1961 shrink1966 shrinker1967 1930 W. Lewis Apes of God ii. 81 Frumpfsusan had spoken. Scale was of the essence! All else being equal—the jewish witch doctor's face had smiled broadly, naturally who wouldn't, as he had counselled—‘No overmatching.’ 1947 H. Eustis Horizontal Man 48 ‘That's the ink-blot thing?’ Forstmann nodded. ‘You witch doctors!’ said Bainbridge. 2004 N.Y. Times 5 Sept. (Book Rev. section) 10/1 I wouldn't give up on the wily old witch-doctor [sc. Sigmund Freud] just yet: psychoanalysis, having incorporated some of his ideas and rejected others, has in fact moved far beyond him. Derivatives ˈwitch-ˌdoctoring n. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > art or science of medicine > [noun] > witch-doctoring powwow1820 witch-doctoring1850 piaiing1876 piaiism1882 witchdoctory1919 the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > non-European magic (miscellaneous) > [noun] > sorcerer or medicine man > practice of witch-doctoring1850 witchdoctory1919 1850 J. Maclean Let. 26 Aug. in Cape of Good Hope: Corr. Governor Relative to Kafir Tribes (1851) 17 in Parl. Papers XXXVIII. 1 I have the honour to report that Umlanjeni, a Kafir of Umkye's tribe and location, has lately revived the witch-doctoring craft. 1977 P. Johnson Enemies of Society xv. 197 Those who practise psychiatric medicine are in the position of early-nineteenth-century doctors, trying to get round as yet unsolved difficulties by witch-doctoring. 2007 German Stud. Rev. 30 526 Orfeo exploits his exotic appearance with a sideline in faux-African witch-doctoring. ˈwitchˌdoctory n. the activities or practices of witch doctors. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > art or science of medicine > [noun] > witch-doctoring powwow1820 witch-doctoring1850 piaiing1876 piaiism1882 witchdoctory1919 the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > non-European magic (miscellaneous) > [noun] > sorcerer or medicine man > practice of witch-doctoring1850 witchdoctory1919 1919 Windsor Mag. 50 471/2 They terrorised the superstitious people, just worked their will through threat of witchcraft, witch-doctory, and the like. 2004 P. de Rosa Fatal Flaw Christianity iii. 110 The witchdoctory of an African village. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1718
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