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OBIISM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Belief in a kind of sorcery that originated in Africa and is practiced in the West Indies
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("obiism" is a kind of...):
black art; black magic; necromancy; sorcery (the belief in magical spells that harness occult forces or evil spirits to produce unnatural effects in the world)