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NECROMANTIC
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Dictionary entry overview: What does necromantic mean?
• NECROMANTIC (adjective)
The adjective NECROMANTIC has 2 senses:
1. relating to or associated with necromancy
2. given to or produced by or used in the art of conjuring up the dead
Familiarity information: NECROMANTIC used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Relating to or associated with necromancy
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Synonyms:
necromantic; necromantical
Context example:
mysterious necromantic rites
Pertainym:
necromancy (conjuring up the dead, especially for prophesying)
Derivation:
necromancy (the belief in magical spells that harness occult forces or evil spirits to produce unnatural effects in the world)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Given to or produced by or used in the art of conjuring up the dead
Context example:
necromantic powders and other weird objects
Similar:
supernatural (not existing in nature or subject to explanation according to natural laws; not physical or material)
Derivation:
necromancy (conjuring up the dead, especially for prophesying)
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