the occult
noun
: supernatural powers or practices and the things (such as gods, ghosts, and magic) that are connected with them
He's a student of the occult.
religion, mythology, and the occult
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The curse, which has nothing to do with the occult, refers to the fact that in certain kinds of auctions, the winner ends up paying too much for the object for sale.
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Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2025
But whatever personal motivation might lie behind the film is impossible to see in the final product — not in its boilerplate depiction of grief, not in its trite evocations of the occult.
—Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 21 Oct. 2025
Don't Look Now manipulates audiences' minds, mixing elements of the occult with the overwhelming need for hope into a plot twist audiences will find difficult to swallow.
—Steven Thrash, Entertainment Weekly, 19 Oct. 2025
What emerges is that, because of how much both the civilians and the regime were inherently inclined towards the occult, enforcing hierarchies within it hardly worked.
—Angelica Frey, JSTOR Daily, 8 Oct. 2025
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Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2025
But whatever personal motivation might lie behind the film is impossible to see in the final product — not in its boilerplate depiction of grief, not in its trite evocations of the occult.
—Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 21 Oct. 2025
Don't Look Now manipulates audiences' minds, mixing elements of the occult with the overwhelming need for hope into a plot twist audiences will find difficult to swallow.
—Steven Thrash, Entertainment Weekly, 19 Oct. 2025
What emerges is that, because of how much both the civilians and the regime were inherently inclined towards the occult, enforcing hierarchies within it hardly worked.
—Angelica Frey, JSTOR Daily, 8 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for the occult
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“The occult.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20occult. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.
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