hexerei

noun

Definition of hexereinext
as in occultism

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  1. occultism
  2. sorcery
  3. spiritualism
  4. witchcraft
  5. necromancy
  6. wizardry
  7. magic
  8. alchemy
Noun
  • In one example, some teachers are let into the fictional realm of Agartha, which is a key setting in neo-Nazi occultism where everyone is white and blond.
    — Owen Carry, Wired News, 11 Mar. 2026
  • The transformation of Tarocchi into a divinatory tool began in the late 18th century, driven by the rise of occultism in France.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 26 Feb. 2026
Definition of occultism
Noun
  • His brother-in-law had been accused of sorcery, and his home had been set on fire.
    — Rachel Aviv, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026
  • With ancient Greek tale The Odyssey still slashing its way to peak box office, the sword and sorcery age remains a potent genre for Hollywood.
    — Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of sorcery
Noun
  • And that scene is playing on a very tried and true form of spiritualism.
    — Greg Evans, Deadline, 26 May 2026
  • Our late colleague Asher Peres, someone with little respect for spiritualism, once met someone of the opposite persuasion.
    — Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 31 Mar. 2026
Definition of spiritualism
Noun
  • Eclipses, which used to be thought of as magic or even witchcraft, depending on what suited them at the moment, are now understood to be just a function of the Earth's alignment with the sun and moon.
    — Ron Smiley, CBS News, 27 Aug. 2026
  • The roughly 25-acre farm is also home to a reproduction of the Salem Village Meeting House, the site of many early hearings about the Salem witchcraft hysteria.
    — Nicholas DeRenzo, Travel + Leisure, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of witchcraft
Noun
  • The movie, which is celebrating its 30th anniversary on May 3, showed us how to use our magic and morals to decide whether to embrace necromancy and the occult.
    — Lisa Stardust, PEOPLE, 3 May 2026
  • Hedva’s practice cooks magic, necromancy, and divination together with mystical states of fury and ecstasy, and political states of solidarity and disintegration.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 14 Jan. 2026
Definition of necromancy
Noun
  • The specs are nearly identical year over year, which means the company is relying on its mathematical wizardry rather than advances in sensors and optics to derive results from its cameras.
    — Eric Zeman, PC Magazine, 24 Aug. 2026
  • By some architectural wizardry of concrete and glass the pictures inside stand to attention, as if they, too, are suspended in time and space—a collection that faces in one direction, in orderly fashion, like the Terracotta Army.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 July 2026
Definition of wizardry
Noun
  • For The Times) Curating Knott’s magic show will be Rudy Coby, a resident magician at the Magic Castle.
    — Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 25 Aug. 2026
  • At the same time, each new iteration of the Muppet Show is a chance to introduce a new generation to the magic of the Muppets.
    — Mya Copeland, Variety, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of magic
Noun
  • There’s the alchemy of my own internal process of imagination.
    — Bob Strauss, Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2026
  • The word drew on ideas from alchemy, where the agent was the active substance that spun gold from the mundane.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of alchemy
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“Hexerei.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hexerei. Accessed 2 Sep. 2026.

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