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witch-huntings

witch-huntings is the plural of witch-hunting.

Meaning of witch-hunting

Noun

witch-hunting (countable and uncountable, plural witch-huntings)

  1. (historical) 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
  2. 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

Questions about witch-huntings

What is witch-huntings the plural of?
Witch-huntings is the plural of witch-hunting.

Words near witch-huntings in the dictionary

  1. witch-hazel cone galls
  2. witch-hunt
  3. witch-hunted
  4. witch-hunter
  5. witch-hunting
  6. witch-huntings
  7. witch-hunts
  8. witch-hunty
  9. witch-knot
  10. witch-knots
  11. witch-like

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Adapted from Wiktionary: witch-huntings (page history and authors); witch-hunting (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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