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countermagic

countermagic is the alternative form of counter-magic.

Meaning of counter-magic

Noun

counter-magic (uncountable)

  1. Magic used to counteract or protect against a spell or enchantment.
    • After 1736 when the possibility of formal prosecution was no longer open, villagers turned to informal violence, counter-magic and the occasional lynching.1971, Keith Thomas, Religion and the Decline of Magic, Folio Society, published 2012, page 563

Questions about countermagic

What is countermagic the alternative form of?
Countermagic is the alternative form of counter-magic.

Words near countermagic in the dictionary

  1. counterlung
  2. counterlungs
  3. counterly
  4. countermachination
  5. countermachinations
  6. countermagic
  7. countermagical
  8. countermajoritarian
  9. countermajoritarianism
  10. countermajoritarianisms
  11. countermajoritarians

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