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juju — jujuism, n. jujuist, n. /jooh jooh/, n. 1. an object venerated superstitiously and used as a fetish or amulet by tribal peoples of West Africa. 2. the magical power attributed to such an object. 3. a ban or interdiction effected by it. [1890 95;… … Universalium
ju|ju — «JOO joo», noun. 1. an amulet; fetish. 2. among West African native tribes: a) the magical power of such an object. b) a ban or spell effected by it. c) = jujuism. (Cf. ↑jujuism) 3. a form of African music influenced by jazz and rock, played with … Useful english dictionary
alchemy — Synonyms and related words: about face, assimilation, assumption, becoming, bewitchery, change, change over, charm, conversion, divination, enchantment, fetishism, flip flop, glamour, gramarye, growth, hoodoo, juju, jujuism, lapse, magic, natural … Moby Thesaurus
charm — Synonyms and related words: absorb, absorb the attention, adorability, agacerie, agreeability, agreeableness, alchemy, allay, allure, allurement, amiability, amulet, anklet, appeal, appealingness, argue into, armlet, arrest, ascendancy, assuage,… … Moby Thesaurus
divination — Synonyms and related words: alchemy, astrodiagnosis, astrology, astromancy, augury, bewitchery, charm, clairvoyance, crystal ball, crystal gazing, divining, enchantment, fetishism, fortunetelling, genethliacs, genethlialogy, glamour, gramarye,… … Moby Thesaurus
enchantment — Synonyms and related words: Jonah, affection, affectionateness, agacerie, alchemy, allure, allurement, amativeness, amorousness, appeal, appealingness, ascendancy, attraction, attractiveness, authority, bad influence, beatification, beatitude,… … Moby Thesaurus
fetishism — Synonyms and related words: Druidism, Parsiism, Sabaism, Zoroastrianism, active algolagnia, alchemy, algolagnia, algolagny, amphierotism, animal worship, autoeroticism, bewitchery, bisexuality, charm, coprophilia, demonism, demonolatry, devil… … Moby Thesaurus
glamour — Synonyms and related words: agacerie, alchemy, allure, allurement, appeal, appealingness, attraction, attractiveness, aura, beguilement, beguiling, bewitchery, bewitchment, blandishment, blaze of glory, brightness, brilliance, brilliancy,… … Moby Thesaurus
hoodoo — Synonyms and related words: Jonah, alchemy, amulet, bad influence, bedevil, bewitch, bewitchery, bring bad luck, charm, curse, demonize, diabolize, divination, enchantment, evil eye, evil genius, evil star, fetish, fetishism, fylfot, gammadion,… … Moby Thesaurus
magic — Synonyms and related words: Prospero, abracadabra, airiness, alchemy, allure, allurement, appearance, augury, aura, bewitchery, bewitching, bewitchment, black art, black magic, blaze of glory, brilliance, brilliancy, charisma, charm, charming,… … Moby Thesaurus