vudu

vudú.

(Voz de or. africano occid., que significa 'espíritu').

1. m. Cuerpo de creencias y prácticas religiosas que incluyen fetichismo, culto a las serpientes, sacrificios rituales y empleo del trance como medio de comunicación con sus deidades, procedente de África y corriente entre los negros de las Indias Occidentales y sur de los Estados Unidos de América. U. t. c. adj.
Fuente: Diccionario de la Real Academia Española

2. One who practices voodooism; a negro sorcerer. [1913 Webster]

Voodoo Voo"doo, a. Of or pertaining to voodooism, or a voodoo; as, voodoo
incantations.
[1913 Webster]

Voodoo economics Voo"doo economics, n. (Politics) an economic hypothesis, proposed by President Ronald Regan,
that large cuts in tax rates would so stimulate the economy
that the tax revenue on the increases in business and
personal income would offset the anticipated tax revenue
losses, so that such tax cuts would not increasing the
federal budget deficit. Its believers do not consider the
actual massive deficit increases subsequent to the 1982-83
tax cut as being caused by the tax cut itself, but by other
governmental policies. This hypothesis was graphically
illustrated by the {Laffer curve}.
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Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English