| 单词 | witch mania |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswitch mania witch mania n. chiefly historical a state or period of widespread belief in witches, accompanied by the hunt for and persecution of people (esp. women) believed to be practising witchcraft, esp. in Western Europe in the 16th and 17th centuries; cf. witch craze n. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > [noun] > mania for witch mania1823 witch craze1880 1823 J. McHenry Spectre of Forest II. v. 67 Indeed, until the witch-mania infected the country, there had never been either prison or prisoners seen in the sober village of Derby. 1994 Esquire Mar. 78/2 Just as with those who spoke out against the witch mania, skeptics of recovered memories have been reviled as heretics. < as lemmas |
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