zombie
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- noun
- /ˈzɑːm.bi/
- Literature
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zombi
- Voodoo zombies: the stuff of legend, or a living nightmare?
- a voodoo zombie
- a Haitian zombie
Examples
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As a voodoo priest, could your father turn someone into a zombie?
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There is a zombie god!
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You give it to somebody who was made into a zombie.
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And he or she knows why a zombie is made a form of punishment within the traditional culture.
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In Haitian voodoo traditions, a zombie is believed to be a spirit that has been reanimated by a sorcerer.
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The ritual involved summoning a zombie, which is thought to embody a deceased person's spirit according to West Indies beliefs.
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As part of the voodoo practice, the priest explained how he could create a zombie from the energies of the living and the dead.
Synonyms
A spirit or god that people worship in Caribbean voodoo
A spirit in voodoo that makes a dead body come back to life
A ghost believed to bring a dead body back to life
Idioms
Compounds
- Offensive
A person who looks at their phone and ignores people and things around them
- Offensive
A person who looks at their phone and ignores their surroundings while walking
Surface Forms
Etymology
Zombie comes from Caribbean and African words like zombi that named a 'spirit' or local god in Voodoo. That's why in some places a zombie is thought of as a powerful spirit rather than only a walking dead body.