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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | magic |
| Synonyms: | abracadabra, alchemy, allurement, astrology, augury, bewitchment, black art, conjuration, conjuring, conjury, devilry, diabolism, divination, enchantment, exorcism, fascination, foreboding, fortune-telling, hocuspocus, horoscopy, illusion, incantation, legerdemain, magnetism, necromancy, occultism, power, prediction, presage, prestidigitation, prophecy, rune, sleight of hand, soothsaying, sorcery, sortilege, spell*, superstition, taboo*, thaumaturgy, trickery, voodoo, voodooism, witchcraft, witchery, witching, wizardry |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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| Concept: | Sorcery. |
| Category: | 4. Acts of religion |
| Synonyms: |
-nouns
sorcery; occult art, occult sciences; magic, the black art, necromancy, theurgy, thaumaturgy; demonology, demonomy, demonship; diablerie, bedevilment; witchcraft, witchery; glamor; fetichism, feticism; ghost dance, hoodoo; obi, obiism; voodoo, voodooism; Shamanism [Esquimaux], vampirism; conjuration; bewitchery, exorcism, enchantment, mysticism, second sight, mesmerism, animal magnetism; od force, odylic force; electrobiology, clairvoyance; spiritualism, spirit rapping, table turning., divination (prediction); sortilege, ordeal, sortes Virgilianae; hocus-pocus (deception) [more].
-verbs
practice sorcery; cast a nativity, conjure, exorcise, charm, enchant; bewitch, bedevil; hoodoo, voodoo; entrance, mesmerize, magnetize; fascinate (influence); taboo; wave a wand; rub the ring, rub the lamp; cast a spell; call up spirits, call up spirits from the vasty deep; raise spirits from the dead.
-adjectives
magic, magical; mystic, weird, cabalistic, talismanic, phylacteric, incantatory; charmed; Circean, odyllic, voodoo.
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