curandeirismo

English translation: witch-doctoring

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Portuguese term or phrase:	curandeirismo
English translation:	witch-doctoring
Entered by:	Bloomfield

12:48 Mar 10, 2008

Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
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Portuguese term or phrase: curandeirismo

"... depois de ser intimado seis vezes, Edir Macedo se apresentou à Divisão de Capturas da Polinter, no Rio de Janeiro e foi indiciado com base nos artigos 284 (curandeirismo), 283 (charlatanismo) e 171 (estelionato) do Código Penal."

Bloomfield KudoZ activity Questions: 216 (none open) Answers: 161 United States
Local time: 12:16

witch-doctoring

Explanation:
Wouldn't this be more along the lines of witch doctoring?

Witch doctoring, zar and voodoo: their relation to modern psychiatric treatments.

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Lesley S, MA
United Kingdom
Local time: 17:16

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Thanks a lot.
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4 +2

healerism

Denise Miranda

3 +1

witch-doctoring

Lesley S, MA

The study of healing

suesimons

Discussion entries: 1

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peer agreement (net): +2

healerism

Explanation:
the word shamanism is a silly as the word therapistism, or doctorism, healerism. ...
bioregionalanimism.blogspot.com/2007_06_24_archive.html

The Random WoW Thread - rllmukforum.com
seriously whats with Blizz and its anti healerism at the moment, far too much reduction in healing, remove magic affects and what not. ...
www.rllmukforum.com/index.php?showtopic

The Central World Problem: The Human Brain Cannot Do Reality
New Age Healerism and Spiritual Self-importance, including Extraterrestrial Channelism. If you are therefore identified with any one of these four deluded ...
www.godlikeproductions.com/forum1/message210140/pg1

Christian shamanism - Shamanism - tribe.net
to call a the practices of being a therapist, therapistism is rediculous, or healerism... preistism, pastorism, its just a role... we have ignored what ...
shamanism.tribe.net/thread/d01b375b-7f51-4993-868b-e82036e65db4 - 250k

Denise Miranda
Local time: 13:16
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Native speaker of:

Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 4

3 hrs confidence:

The study of healing

Explanation:
I think this must be paraphased rather than a direct translation. Could be wrong......

suesimons
Local time: 17:16
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4

4 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

witch-doctoring

Explanation:
Wouldn't this be more along the lines of witch doctoring?

Witch doctoring, zar and voodoo: their relation to modern psychiatric treatments.

Reference: http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=19...

Lesley S, MA
United Kingdom
Local time: 17:16
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 4

Grading comment

Thanks a lot.

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