SORCERY

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Meaning:

The belief in magical spells that harness occult forces or evil spirits to produce unnatural effects in the world

Synonyms:

black art; black magic; necromancy; sorcery

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("sorcery" is a kind of...):

magic; thaumaturgy (any art that invokes supernatural powers)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sorcery"):

witchcraft; witchery (the art of sorcery)

demonism; diabolism; Satanism (a belief in and reverence for devils (especially Satan))

obiism (belief in a kind of sorcery that originated in Africa and is practiced in the West Indies)

Derivation:

sorcerise; sorcerize (transform or change by means of sorcery)

sorcerous (possessing or using or characteristic of or appropriate to supernatural powers)