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voo·doo·ism
noun
also vou·dou·ism \ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ˌizəm\
(-s)
1. : a religion originating in Africa as a form of ancestor worship, practiced chiefly by Negroes of Haiti and to some extent other West Indian islands and the U.S., and characterized by propitiatory rites and use of the trance as a means of communicating with animistic deities — called also vodun; compare obeah
2. : the practice of black magic : conjuring, witchcraft |