ghost dance

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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [gohst dans, dahns]
- /goʊst dæns, dɑns/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [gohst dans, dahns]
- /goʊst dæns, dɑns/

Definitions of ghost dance words

noun ghost dance a ritual dance intended to establish communion with the dead, especially such a dance as performed by various messianic western American Indian cults in the late 19th century. 1
noun ghost dance a religious dance of certain North American Indians, connected with a political movement (from about 1888) that looked to reunion with the dead and a return to an idealized state of affairs before Europeans came 0
noun ghost dance a North American Indian dance of the 19th cent., performed in connection with a messianic belief 0

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Origin of ghost dance

First appearance:

before 1885

One of the 21% newest English words

An Americanism dating back to 1885-90

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Parts of speech for Ghost dance

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ghost dance popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 31% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 75% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

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