| NOUN | cognition | necromancy, sorcery, black magic, black art | the belief in magical spells that harness occult forces or evil spirits to produce unnatural effects in the world |
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| cognition | necromancy | conjuring up the dead, especially for prophesying |
| Sounds | neh'krahmae.nsiy | |
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| Rhymes | absorbency ... Yangtze: 255 rhymes with siy... | |
| Meaning | The belief in magical spells that harness occult forces or evil spirits to produce unnatural effects in the world. | |
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| Synonyms | sorcery, black magic, black art | |
| Narrower | diabolism, demonism, Satanism | A belief in and reverence for devils (especially Satan) |
| enchantment, bewitchment | A magical spell | |
| obiism | belief in a kind of sorcery that originated in Africa and is practiced in the West Indies | |
| witchcraft, witchery | The art of sorcery | |
| Broader | magic, thaumaturgy | Any art that invokes supernatural powers |
| Spanish | brujería, hechicería, jorguinería, magia negra, mágica negra, nigromancia | |
| Catalan | bruixeria, fetilleria, màgia negra, nigromància | |
| Adjectives | necromantic, necromantical | relating to or associated with necromancy / necromancy |
| Nouns | necromancer | one who practices magic or sorcery |
| Meaning | Conjuring up the dead, especially for prophesying. | |
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| Broader | divination, foretelling, soothsaying, fortune telling | The art or gift of prophecy (or the pretense of prophecy) by supernatural means |
| Spanish | necromancia, nigromancia | |
| Catalan | nigromància | |
| Adjectives | necromantic, necromantical | relating to or associated with necromancy / necromancy |
| necromantic | given to or produced by or used in the art of conjuring up the dead | |
| Nouns | necromancer | one who practices divination by conjuring up the dead |
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