witch-hunting
witch-hunting noun: an engagement in a witch-hunt; searching for witches or for evidence against them. Also the present participle and gerund of witch-hunt.
Noun
witch-hunting (countable and uncountable, plural witch-huntings)
- An engagement in a witch-hunt; searching for witches or for evidence against them.
- Witch-hunting became a mania, with all the abuses and excesses which invariably develop with fanaticism.1965, Attila Zohar, Kings Cross Black Magic, Sydney: Horwitz Publications, page 88
- Witch-hunting has often been prominent both in revolutionary movements which directly opposed and helped to end colonialism or white supremacy, and in the successor states, under native regimes, which emerged out of the former colonies.2017, Ronald Hutton, The Witch, Yale University Press, published 2018, page 29
- An engagement in a political witch-hunt; unjust or ideologically motivated persecution.
- Noble had accused the Rugby Football League of "an element of witch-hunting" before accompanying Fielden to his disciplinary hearing, which he admitted was "disruptive" in cup final week.2003, Andy Wilson, The Guardian, 24 April
Also used as
witch-hunting is also the present participle and gerund of witch-hunt.
Forms of witch-hunting
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Questions about witch-hunting
- What does witch-hunting mean?
- Witch-hunting means an engagement in a witch-hunt; searching for witches or for evidence against them.
- What part of speech is witch-hunting?
- Witch-hunting is a noun.
- What is the plural of witch-hunting?
- The plural of witch-hunting is witch-huntings.
Words near witch-hunting in the dictionary
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