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Voodoo

See Voodooism.

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Broader term 7

Bewitch 76% connected

To gain an ascendency over by charms or incantations; to affect (esp. to injure) by witchcraft or sorcery.

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Charm 76% connected

A melody; a song.

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Cult 76% connected

Attentive care; homage; worship.

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Cultus 76% connected

Established or accepted religious rites or usages of worship; state of religious development. Cf. Cult, 2.

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Enchant 76% connected

To charm by sorcery; to act on by enchantment; to get control of by magical words and rites.

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Glamour 76% connected

A charm affecting the eye, making objects appear different from what they really are.

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Witch 76% connected

A cone of paper which is placed in a vessel of lard or other fat, and used as a taper.

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Narrower term 1

Hoodoo 76% connected

One who causes bad luck.

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Derivationally related 6

Fetich 74% connected

Alt. of Fetish

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Fetich 74% connected

Alt. of Fetish

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Fetishist 74% connected

A believer in fetiches.

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Fetishist 74% connected

A believer in fetiches.

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Voodooism 74% connected

A degraded form of superstition and sorcery, said to include human sacrifices and cannibalism in some of its rites. It is prevalent among the negroes…

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Voodooism 74% connected

A degraded form of superstition and sorcery, said to include human sacrifices and cannibalism in some of its rites. It is prevalent among the negroes…

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Fetich 92% connected

Alt. of Fetish

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Fetish 92% connected

A material object supposed among certain African tribes to represent in such a way, or to be so connected with, a supernatural being, that the posses…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Hoodoo 92% connected

One who causes bad luck.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Voodooism 92% connected

A degraded form of superstition and sorcery, said to include human sacrifices and cannibalism in some of its rites. It is prevalent among the negroes…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

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