Voodoo
Hindi Meaning
जादू का जादू का प्रयोग भूत आदि संबंधी जादू में विश्वास तथा जादू सदृश वस्तु जो वेस्ट इंडीज़ और संयुक्त राज्य के सिरोपिल्स और निग्रो जाति में प्रचलित है जादू करना जादू कर देना जादूगर
English Meaning
- A religion practiced chiefly in Caribbean countries, especially Haiti, syncretized from Roman Catholic ritual elements and the animism and magic of slaves from West Africa, in which a supreme God rules a large pantheon of local and tutelary deities, deified ancestors, and saints, who communicate with believers in dreams, trances, and ritual possessions. Also called vodoun.
- A charm, fetish, spell, or curse holding magic power for adherents of voodoo.
- A practitioner, priest, or priestess of voodoo.
- Deceptive or delusive nonsense.
- To place under the influence of a spell or curse; bewitch.
- Of or relating to the beliefs or practices of voodoo.
- Based on unrealistic or delusive assumptions: voodoo economics.