THAUMATURGY Synonyms: 57 Similar and Opposite Words

thaumaturgy

noun

ˈthȯ-mə-ˌtər-jē

Definition of thaumaturgy

as in sorcery

the power to control natural forces through supernatural means a macabre tale about a woman who uses thaumaturgy to bring her dead lover back to life

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Noun

Come to Eternia, the mythical home of flying dragon-like creatures, and swords, and sorcery, and spaceships — really, all the stuff a 12-year-old science fiction fanatic loves.

— David Fear, Rolling Stone, 4 June 2026
Directed by Travis Knight and based on the Mattel media franchise, the sword-and-sorcery epic stars Nicholas Galitzine alongside Camila Mendes, Jared Leto, and Idris Elba, launching in over 300 locations on Wednesday June 3.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 2 June 2026

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That feeling is only intensified by Xang’s under-his-breath threats and twisted meditations that come across more like free-car witchcraft.

— Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 26 June 2026
Starring Vanessa Redgrave and Oliver Reed, the film tells the story of Urbain Grandier, a 17th-century Catholic priest who was burned at the stake over accusations of witchcraft.

— Zac Ntim, Deadline, 22 June 2026

Definition of witchcraft

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Cloudflare’s new architecture allows content owners to set a minimum price and AI crawlers to set a maximum bid, and lets the magic of a two-sided marketplace take it from there.

— Rohan Goswami, semafor.com, 7 July 2026
But the real key to the magic is that frenetic tone — the dirty, grungy, previously unheard sludge created when guitarist/Ray’s brother Dave Davies slashed his amp’s speaker with a razor.

— Debby Wolfinsohn, Entertainment Weekly, 7 July 2026

Definition of magic

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