Witchcraft
['wɪtʃkrɑːft] or ['wɪtʃkræft]
Definition
(n.) The practices or art of witches; sorcery; enchantments; intercourse with evil spirits.
(n.) Power more than natural; irresistible influence.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Sorcery, necromancy, magic, witchery, thaumaturgy, theurgy, wonder-working, enchantment, incantation, conjuration, charm, spell, the black art.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Enchantment, magic, necromancy, sorcery
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Examples
- I do not believe in ogres, soothsayers, fortune tellers, or chicken-crut gypsy witchcraft. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- This is not thy deception, nor thy witchcraft: it is the work of nature. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- The popular fear of engrossing and forestalling may be compared to the popular terrors and suspicions of witchcraft. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- They believe in the transmigration of the soul into other men and into animals, and in demons, witchcraft and magic. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- What new witchcraft has Tops been brewing? Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- But although the gods are themselves unchangeable, still by witchcraft and deception they may make us think that they appear in various forms? Plato. The Republic.
- Was it witchcraft? Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
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