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white magic en · NOUN

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (idiomatic, uncountable) Magic derived from good or benign forces, as distinct from evil or malevolent forces; or magic performed with the intention of doing good or giving aid.
    • Widespread popular tolerance of white magic thus helped to mitigate the rigours of the law. 1971, Keith Thomas, Religion and the Decline of Magic, Folio Society, published 2012, page 238:

Coordinates

gray magic · black magic

Deriveds

white witch · white wizard · white magician

Translations (16)

ja 白魔術 (magic derived from benign forces) · pl biała magia (magic derived from benign forces) · uk бі́ла ма́гія (magic derived from benign forces) · sv vit magi (magic derived from benign forces) · la beneficium (magic derived from benign forces) · cmn 白魔法 (magic derived from benign forces) · la magia naturalis (magic derived from benign forces) · la thaumatūrgia (magic derived from benign forces) · fr magie blanche (magic derived from benign forces) · fi taikuus (magic derived from benign forces) · la magia benefica (magic derived from benign forces) · cmn 白巫術 /白巫术 (magic derived from benign forces) · fi taikuruus (magic derived from benign forces) · ru бе́лая ма́гия (magic derived from benign forces) · la theūrgia (magic derived from benign forces) · es magia blanca (magic derived from benign forces)