Etymology
From Middle English wicchecraft, wicchecreft, from Old English wiċċecræft, equivalent to witch + -craft.
Noun
witchcraft (usually uncountable, plural witchcrafts)
- The practice of witches; magic, sorcery, or the use of supernatural powers to influence or predict events.
- Wiccans believe in a modernized form of witchcraft.
- Something, such as an advanced technology, that seems almost magical.
- I started using an artificially intelligent music tool this morning, and it was total witchcraft! How could this program sing and play instruments so realistically?
Derived terms
- antiwitchcraft
- witchcrafty
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