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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 voo·doo·ism /ˈvu(ˌ)duˌɪzəm/
 巫毒教的魔術

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Voo·doo·ism n.  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 of Haiti, and to some extent in the United States, and is regarded as a relic of African barbarism.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 voodooism
      n : a religious cult practiced chiefly in Caribbean countries
          (especially Haiti); involves witchcraft and animistic
          deities [syn: voodoo, vodoun, hoodooism]