shamanist

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  1. shaman
  2. sorcerer
  3. witch doctor
  4. medicine man
  5. voodoo
  6. magus
  7. necromancer
Noun
  • Upon arrival, the girls find a community of ravers and psychedelic rockers, romantics and orgiastics, shamans who serve as doctors, and poets who believe themselves to be prophets.
    — Robert Rubsam, New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Sci-fi blends with folklore as shamans stand in fields to anoint the new drone gods.
    — Pablo Larios, Artforum, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of shaman
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  • After one season of sorcerer play calling, offensive coordinator Klint Kubiak took the Raiders’ head coaching job.
    — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 27 Aug. 2026
  • The sorcerers, it was thought, targeted their victims by stealing bits of their hair, clothes, nails, or feces, and wrapping them in a bundle with leaves.
    — Rachel Aviv, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of sorcerer
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  • She’s set on turning a frog prince, Naveen, back into a human after he’s cursed by an evil voodoo witch doctor, Facilier.
    — Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 17 July 2026
  • Blacks were not treated by white doctors in all-white hospitals but were sent to inferior facilities to be treated by men who were little more than witch doctors.
    — Sandra Dallas, Denver Post, 3 May 2026
Definition of witch doctor
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  • Authorities say Chasing Horse spent nearly 20 years abusing his position as a Lakota medicine man to take advantage of women and girls.
    — Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 28 Apr. 2026
  • During his trial in January, prosecutors said the former actor weaponized his reputation as a Lakota medicine man, exploiting cultural traditions and spiritual beliefs to prey on Indigenous women and girls.
    — Janelle Ash, FOXNews.com, 28 Apr. 2026
Definition of medicine man
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  • The production centers on a voodoo queen and the mysterious happenings in a cemetery.
    — Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Seabrook’s primary focus was on Vodou aka voodoo rituals, which had long constituted an underground religious practice amongst populations outwardly accepting of Catholicism.
    — Dennis Harvey, Variety, 31 July 2026
Definition of voodoo
Noun
  • For years Johnson, the disheveled political magus, was the golden boy of Britain's Conservative Party.
    — Sam Kiley, CNN, 30 June 2022
  • But other students are there for Wittgenstein the sage, the magus, the riddler—the man who left Russell bewildered by a turn to mysticism at the end of a book that was supposed to be about logic.
    — Nikhil Krishnan, The New Yorker, 9 May 2022
Definition of magus
Noun
  • When Lemuel Gulliver is on his travels, a necromancer offers him the chance to summon up any spirit from the dead.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 July 2026
  • That’s more than can be said for the sequel, which is just driven by pandering, up to and including bringing back characters who’ve died, usually with the help of necromancer Quan Chi (Damon Herriman).
    — Alison Willmore, Vulture, 6 May 2026
Definition of necromancer
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