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witchism

witchism noun: witchcraft.

Noun

witchism (uncountable)

  1. (proscribed, rare) Witchcraft.
    • AFAIR, there's no mention of witchiness or otherwise in the conditions, unless it's picked you up a conviction for theft or fraud along the way, in which case you've got a problem. I'd have thought that the biggest problem with witching and being a postie would be sleep deprivation from all those...2000 December 7, Rob Linham, “OFF: Ask Umra”, in uk.media.radio.archers (Usenet), retrieved 22 Aug 2022
    • > LOL. I know it well enough to teach it in Colleges around the world.
      Maybe that's causing some of our worldly problems. What exactly do you teach? Nazism/witchism! Regards, BB2001 August 27, FuselOil, “What is the culture of the nazis/witches?”, in alt.fan.oj-simpson (Usenet), retrieved 22 Aug 2022

Examples of witchism in a sentence

  • What, did you boast to Zephyra that witchism ran in your family?2010, Kathy Reichs, “The Witch in the Wardrobe” (35:06 from the start), in Bones, season 5, episode 20, spoken by Special Agent Seeley...
  • All I'm trying to do is make the case that witchism isn't a way for a lot of happynessr.2010 December 19, jos boersema, “Jesuscult down, worse cults starting up already.”, in alt.messianic (Usenet), retrieved 22 Aug 2022:

Origin of witchism

From witch + -ism.

Questions about witchism

What does witchism mean?
Witchism means witchcraft.
How do you use witchism in a sentence?
What, did you boast to Zephyra that witchism ran in your family?
What part of speech is witchism?
Witchism is a noun.

Words near witchism in the dictionary

  1. witching hour
  2. witching hours
  3. witchingly
  4. witchings
  5. witchish
  6. witchism
  7. witchity grub
  8. witchity grubs
  9. witchkind
  10. witchking
  11. witchkings

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