black magic en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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(uncountable) Magic derived from evil forces, as distinct from good or benign forces; or magic performed with the intention of doing harm.
Witches are often accused of the same sort of Devil worship as the Black Magic followers.
1965, Attila Zohar, Kings Cross Black Magic, Sydney: Horwitz Publications, page 77:
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(broadly, figuratively, uncountable) A technology, process, etc., that is mysterious, esoteric; anything which appears to be almost magic to those who do not understand it.
This is the fact of a new and vitally interesting experiment in the realm of physics, psychology, and art. There is no trick to this, as tricks go, except the mathematical magic of simple physics. Of course, simple physics for one man is black magic for another.
1920, “Two Pictures on a Single Canvas”, in Technology Review, page 579:The NCFLI will provide a step-by-step explanation of the processes involved. This should be done in order to dispel, to the extent possible, the notion that computerized production of legal texts and reports is "black magic," or that a hard copy of the processed text is something quite mysterious.
1970, Charles Nasem, The National Center for Law Information concept: a discussion, page 16:
Antonyms
Coordinates
gray magic · black box · gray magic
Deriveds
black magician · black magical
Hypernyms
Hyponyms
demonology · demonomancy · nigromancy · thanatomancy · invultuation · egromancy · devilry · necromancy
Relateds
gray hat · Black Mass (evil spiritualism) · black Sabbath (evil spiritualism) · black hat · white hat
Synonyms
black art · dark magic · witchcraft · black art · cacomagic · dark magic · black magic · sorcery · goety · cacomagic
Translations (67)
ja 黒魔法 (magic derived from evil forces) · cs černá magie (magic derived from evil forces) · de schwarze Kunst (magic derived from evil forces) · gd sgoil-dubh (magic derived from evil forces) · pt magia negra (magic derived from evil forces) · ar سِحْر أَسْوَد (magic derived from evil forces) · is svartagaldur (magic derived from evil forces) · la magia malefica (magic derived from evil forces) · da sortekunst (magic derived from evil forces) · he מַגְיָה שְׁחֹרָה (magic derived from evil forces) · tl mahika negra (magic derived from evil forces) · id ilmu hitam (magic derived from evil forces) · pl czarna magia (magic derived from evil forces) · uk чо́рна ма́гія (magic derived from evil forces) · sa यातु (magic derived from evil forces) · ka შავი მაგია (magic derived from evil forces) · sco sorcery (magic derived from evil forces) · nl zwarte magie (magic derived from evil forces) · sh crna magija (magic derived from evil forces) · ro magie neagră (magic derived from evil forces) · hi काला जादू (magic derived from evil forces) · ja 黒魔術 (magic derived from evil forces) · ko 흑마술 (magic derived from evil forces) · la maleficium (magic derived from evil forces) · gv buitcheraght (magic derived from evil forces) · id santet (magic derived from evil forces) · gv doo-ellyn (magic derived from evil forces) · fa جادوی سیاه (magic derived from evil forces) · sh црна магија (magic derived from evil forces) · th คุณไสย (magic derived from evil forces) · ig ogwu (magic derived from evil forces) · hu fekete mágia (magic derived from evil forces) · fr magie noire (magic derived from evil forces) · sv svartkonst (magic derived from evil forces) · fi musta magia (magic derived from evil forces) · it magia nera (magic derived from evil forces) · ceb barang (magic derived from evil forces) · ru колдовство́ (magic derived from evil forces) · th มนตร์ดำ (magic derived from evil forces) · la goētīa (magic derived from evil forces) · ga dubhealaín (magic derived from evil forces) · nb svart magi (magic derived from evil forces) · fo gandur (magic derived from evil forces) · da sort magi (magic derived from evil forces) · ca màgia negra (magic derived from evil forces) · oc magia negra (magic derived from evil forces) · es magia negra (magic derived from evil forces) · de schwarze Magie (magic derived from evil forces) · ru чёрная ма́гия (magic derived from evil forces) · tr kara büyü (magic derived from evil forces) · hi जादू (magic derived from evil forces) · mnb dhoti (magic derived from evil forces) · mr काळी जादू (magic derived from evil forces) · bg че́рна ма́гия (magic derived from evil forces) · hi यातु (magic derived from evil forces) · vi tà thuật (magic derived from evil forces) · gv doo-chliaghtey (magic derived from evil forces) · sk čierna mágia (magic derived from evil forces) · nn svart magi (magic derived from evil forces) · ga ealaín dhubh (magic derived from evil forces) · non fordæðuskapr (magic derived from evil forces) · fro deablie (magic derived from evil forces) · cmn 黑魔法 (magic derived from evil forces) · el μαύρη μαγεία (magic derived from evil forces) · la veneficium (magic derived from evil forces) · he קֶסֶם אָפֵל (magic derived from evil forces) · cmn 黑巫術 /黑巫术 (magic derived from evil forces)