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Definition of Hoodooism
1. Noun. A religious cult practiced chiefly in Caribbean countries (especially Haiti); involves witchcraft and animistic deities.
Generic synonyms: Cult, Cultus, Religious Cult
Specialized synonyms: Hoodoo
Examples of category: Zombi, Zombi Spirit, Zombie, Zombie Spirit
Derivative terms: Voodoo
Definition of Hoodooism
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hoodooism
Literary usage of Hoodooism
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Witchcraft Illustrated: Witchcraft to be Understood. Facts, Theories and by Henrietta D. Kimball (1892)
"... or hoodooism, is the name used in the different African dialects for the ...
or hoodooism, are called hoodoo men or women, and are held in great dread ..."
2. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by Philadelphia Neurological Society, American Neurological Association, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association (1885)
"At times he ascribed his lightning-like pains to " hoodooism," but in a way a
sane negro might have done. The psychical peculiarities dormant in the race ..."
3. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by American Neurological Association, Philadelphia Neurological Society, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association, Boston Society of Psychiatry and Neurology (1885)
"He had frequent lachrymose periods, followed by periods of exuberance. At times
he ascribed his lightning-like pains to " hoodooism," but in a way a sane ..."
4. Harper's New Monthly Magazine by Henry Mills Alden (1881)
"What is hoodooism, anyhow ?" "It's de ole African r'ligion, honey. It's jes' like
white folks' r'ligion, on'y it's heathenism, au' dey worships de ..."
5. United States: From the Landing of Columbus to the Signing of the Peace by Julian Hawthorne (1898)
"... to which in this country the name of hoodooism or Voodoo- ism has been applied.
It is a savage form of devil worship, including snake-charming, ..."
6. Experimental Sociology. Descriptive and Analytical: Delinquents by Frances Kellor (1901)
"(5) Instruction in fortune- telling, astrology, mind-reading, " hoodooism," etc.
These encourage superstition and lead to harmful practices. ..."
7. The Boomerang, Or, Bryan's Speech with the Wind Knocked Out: A Dialogue by James S. Barcus (1896)
"But witchcraft, hoodooism, astrology, legerdemain, palmistry, and all other forms
of barbaric superstition, have but a small place in the political and ..."
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