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BLACK ART

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does black art mean? 

BLACK ART (noun)
  The noun BLACK ART has 1 sense:

1. the belief in magical spells that harness occult forces or evil spirits to produce unnatural effects in the worldplay

  Familiarity information: BLACK ART used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BLACK ART (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The belief in magical spells that harness occult forces or evil spirits to produce unnatural effects in the world

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

black art; black magic; necromancy; sorcery

Hypernyms ("black art" is a kind of...):

magic; thaumaturgy (any art that invokes supernatural powers)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "black art"):

witchcraft; witchery (the art of sorcery)

bewitchment; enchantment (a magical spell)

demonism; diabolism; Satanism (a belief in and reverence for devils (especially Satan))

obiism (belief in a kind of sorcery that originated in Africa and is practiced in the West Indies)


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