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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | black magic, witchcraft |
| Synonyms: | abracadabra, alchemy, bewitchment, black art, charm, conjuring, devilry, divination, enchantment, evil eye, hocus-pocus, hoodoo, incantation, jinx, magic, mumbo jumbo, necromancy, spell, thaumaturgy, voodoo, witchery, witching, wizardry |
| Antonyms: | reality |
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| Main Entry: | alchemy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | medieval science |
| Synonyms: | black arts, black magic, hermetics, magic, pseudo science, sorcery, thaumaturgy, witchcraft, wizardry |
| Notes: | occamy was an alloy imitating silver, the counterpart to alchemy, alloy imitating gold |
| Main Entry: | black magic |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | witchcraft or sorcery |
| Synonyms: | Satanism, black art, demon worship, demonianism, diabolism, magic, mysticism, necromancy, sorcery, voodoo, witchcraft, witchery, wizardry |
| Main Entry: | charm |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | enchantment, allure |
| Synonyms: | agreeableness, allurement, appeal, attraction, attractiveness, beauty, bewitchery, charisma, chemistry, conjuration, delightfulness, desirability, fascination, glamour, grace, it, lure, magic, magnetism, pizzazz*, something*, sorcery, spell, star quality, witchery |
| Antonyms: | repulsion |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fascination |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | strong interest |
| Synonyms: | allure, appeal, attraction, bug*, charisma, charm, enchantment, enthrallment, glamour, grabber, hang-up, lure, magic, magnetism, obsession, piquancy, power, pull*, sorcery, spell, thing for, thing*, trance, witchcraft, witchery |
| Antonyms: | boredom, disinterest |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | hex |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | curse, spell |
| Synonyms: | abracadabra, allure, bewitching, bewitchment, charm, conjuration, double whammy, enchantment, evil eye, hexing, hocus-pocus, jinx, magic, magic spell, mumbo jumbo, sorcery, voodoo, whammy |
| Main Entry: | incantation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | spell, magic |
| Synonyms: | abracadabra, ala kazam, bewitchment, black magic, chant, charm, conjuration, conjuring, enchantment, formula, hex, hocus-pocus, hoodoo, hymn, invocation, mumbo-jumbo, necromancy, open sesame, rune, sorcery, voodoo, witchcraft, wizardry |
| Main Entry: | magic |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | supernatural power; appearance |
| Synonyms: | alchemy, allurement, astrology, augury, bewitchment, black art, conjuring, conjury, devilry, diabolism, divination, enchantment, exorcism, fascination, foreboding, fortune-telling, hocuspocus, horoscopy, illusion, incantation, legerdemain, magnetism, necromancy, occultism, of impossible feats by tricks abracadabra, power, prediction, presage, prestidigitation, prophecy, rune, sleight of hand, soothsaying, sorcery, sortilege, spell, superstition, taboo, thaumaturgy, trickery, voodoo, voodooism, witchcraft, wizardry |
| Main Entry: | spell |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | magical aura over an entity |
| Synonyms: | abracadabra, allure, amulet, bewitching, bewitchment, charm, conjuration, enchanting, enchantment, exorcism, fascination, glamour, hex, hexing, hocus-pocus, incantation, jinx, magic, mumbo jumbo, rune, sorcery, talisman, trance, voodoo, whack, whammy, witchery |
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