hoodooism

Questions about hoodooism

What does hoodooism mean?

hoodooism means "a religious cult practiced chiefly in Caribbean countries (especially Haiti); involves witchcraft and animistic deities".

How many syllables are in hoodooism?

hoodooism has 2 syllables and divides as hoo-dooism under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for hoodooism?

Close synonyms include voodoo, vodoun, voodooism. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is hoodooism a common word?

hoodooism is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.