Counter-magic

//ˈkaʊntəˌmadʒɪk// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Magic used to counteract or protect against a spell or enchantment. uncountable

    "After 1736 when the possibility of formal prosecution was no longer open, villagers turned to informal violence, counter-magic and the occasional lynching."

Example

More examples

"After 1736 when the possibility of formal prosecution was no longer open, villagers turned to informal violence, counter-magic and the occasional lynching."

Etymology

From counter- + magic.

More for "counter-magic"

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.