hexerei

noun

Definition of hexereinext
as in occultism

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  1. occultism
  2. sorcery
  3. spiritualism
  4. witchcraft
  5. necromancy
  6. wizardry
  7. magic
  8. hoodoo
Noun
  • That is to say that occultism is less concerned with faith or facts, but rather with fancy.
    Ed Simon, TIME, 31 Oct. 2024
  • But Winthrop wasn’t the only figure in American history to see in occultism the possibility of imagining different ways of being, of human improvement.
    Ed Simon, TIME, 31 Oct. 2024
Definition of occultism
Noun
  • Sam uses her sorcery to help advance her husband’s career and for chores around the house.
    Lisa Stardust, People.com, 26 Oct. 2024
  • The lack of weight here helps enormously, of course—and this is the sorcery behind how the Spring manages 140 miles per charge on such a tiny battery.
    Jeremy White, WIRED, 5 Aug. 2024
Definition of sorcery
Noun
  • Though men also engaged with fortune-telling and spiritualism, women remained the popular image of the practice.
    The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 30 Oct. 2024
  • The combination of cultural individualism, industrialization, and technological advance created a cultural moment in which audiences were open to and actively explored the idea of unseen forces (hey, if telegraph and photography worked, why not mesmerism, spiritualism, or palm-reading?).
    The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 30 Oct. 2024
Definition of spiritualism
Noun
  • But new research suggests that one English woman convicted of witchcraft and condemned to be hanged may have escaped the noose.
    Julia Buckley, CNN, 31 Oct. 2024
  • He was tried for witchcraft, found guilty, and burnt at the stake.
    Amelia Soth, JSTOR Daily, 31 Oct. 2024
Definition of witchcraft
Noun
  • After her death, Morgan even resorted to necromancy, reviving the People’s Princess (now embodied by Elizabeth Debicki) as an apparition who soothes a disconsolate Charles (Dominic West) and makes peace with a grieving but resentful Elizabeth (Imelda Staunton).
    Inkoo Kang, The New Yorker, 14 Dec. 2023
  • Part of my aversion arises from my own hidebound premodern Calvinist outlook, in which death is no laughing matter and necromancy is forbidden by God (see Deuteronomy 18:9-13).
    Barton Swaim, WSJ, 26 Oct. 2023
Definition of necromancy
Noun
  • That means a lack of clarity, lower-quality textures, missing lighting effects, and artifacts around characters as reconstruction wizardry fails to keep up.
    Craig Grannell, WIRED, 4 Nov. 2024
  • Zoe passes the time by interrogating Chase about his money, prompted by Morgan Bote’s vocal interest in Chase’s financial wizardry.
    Sarene Leeds, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2024
Definition of wizardry
Noun
  • To learn more about superstition, check out my new book about the science of magic.
    Popular Science Staff, Popular Science, 6 Nov. 2024
  • Death Becomes Her, the new musical adaptation of the 1992 comedy fantasy film, worked up some Broadway magic in its second week since beginning performances at the Lunt-Fontanne, grossing an impressive $1,073,018 for seven previews and filling 98% of the venue’s seats.
    Greg Evans, Deadline, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of magic
Noun
  • Along the trails, visitors can see weathered rock hoodoos, natural springs, Native rock art, and historical ruins of ranches and other structures.
    Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 27 Oct. 2024
  • South Africa overcame their Australia hoodoo, having beaten them just for the second time from 11 T20I matches.
    Tristan Lavalette, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2024
Definition of hoodoo
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