as in sorcery
the power to control natural forces through supernatural means
taught all of her daughters witchcraft
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Recent Examples of witchcraft
As Calhoun summarizes, the first part takes up the subject of magic and necromancy, the second treats of witchcraft and sorcery, and the third discourses of all kinds of spirits and specters.
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Emily Zarevich, JSTOR Daily, 3 Sep. 2025
The portrayal of witchcraft in the 21st century is expansive and multi-dimensional.
—Taylor Crumpton, Time, 2 Sep. 2025
This may be due to long-standing superstitions linking them with bad luck or witchcraft.
—Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Aug. 2025
In a world of student loans and ever-increasing housing costs, the notion of devoting all of your time to obsessing over the meaning of nineteenth-century poetry does indeed feel like more of a fantasy than witchcraft or demons.
—Literary Hub, 19 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for witchcraft
Emily Zarevich, JSTOR Daily, 3 Sep. 2025
The portrayal of witchcraft in the 21st century is expansive and multi-dimensional.
—Taylor Crumpton, Time, 2 Sep. 2025
This may be due to long-standing superstitions linking them with bad luck or witchcraft.
—Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Aug. 2025
In a world of student loans and ever-increasing housing costs, the notion of devoting all of your time to obsessing over the meaning of nineteenth-century poetry does indeed feel like more of a fantasy than witchcraft or demons.
—Literary Hub, 19 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for witchcraft
Noun
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In this Fixed sign, Mars’ sorcery is much like a surgeon or a chemist, cutting deep to unveil what’s lingering beneath the surface.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
24 Sep. 2025
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Sheibani and McCraney know that the way to bring out the sorcery of a play layered in myth and ritual is not to weigh it down.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
11 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Even as amapiano grows more mainstream, Waffles believes its magic lies in how collaborative and multidimensional the genre is.—
Essence,
Essence,
23 Sep. 2025
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But there’s nothing magic, of course, about freshness or progressivism.—
Bill McKibben,
New Yorker,
23 Sep. 2025
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“Witchcraft.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/witchcraft. Accessed 28 Sep. 2025.
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