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black magic (uncountable)
- Magic derived from evil forces, as distinct from good or benign forces; or magic performed with the intention of doing harm.
- Synonyms: black art, cacomagic, dark magic
- Antonym: white magic
- Coordinate term: gray magic
- Occult or secret magic; magic (or, by extension/comparison, technology etc) that is mysterious, not known to or understood by many.
- Synonym: black art
- Coordinate term: black box
1920, “Two Pictures on a Single Canvas”, in Technology Review, page 579:This is the fact of a new and vitally interesting experiment in the realm of physics, psychology, and art. There is no trick to this, as tricks go, except the mathematical magic of simple physics. Of course, simple physics for one man is black magic for another.
1970, Charles Nasem, The National Center for Law Information concept: a discussion, page 16:The NCFLI will provide a step-by-step explanation of the processes involved. This should be done in order to dispel, to the extent possible, the notion that computerized production of legal texts and reports is "black magic," or that a hard copy of the processed text is something quite mysterious.
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- When referring to technology, calling something (plain) magic means that it is not widely understood, but suggests it can be understood by those versed in the field. Black magic suggests few understand it.
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magic derived from evil forces
- Arabic: سِحْر أَسْوَد m (siḥr ʔaswad)
- Armenian: please add this translation if you can
- Bulgarian: че́рна ма́гия f (čérna mágija)
- Catalan: màgia negra f
- Cebuano: barang
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 黑魔法 (hēimófǎ), 黑巫術/黑巫术 (hēiwūshù)
- Czech: černá magie f
- Danish: sortekunst c, sort magi c
- Dutch: zwarte magie f
- Faroese: gandur m
- Finnish: musta magia
- French: magie noire (fr) f
- Old French: deablie f
- Georgian: შავი მაგია (šavi magia)
- German: schwarze Magie f, schwarze Kunst f
- Greek: μαύρη μαγεία f (mávri mageía)
- Hebrew: מַגְיָה שְׁחֹרָה f (mágya shḥorá), קֶסֶם אָפֵל (qésem afél)
- Hindi: काला जादू m (kālā jādū), जादू (hi) m (jādū), यातु (hi) m (yātu)
- Hungarian: fekete (hu) mágia (hu)
- Icelandic: svartagaldur
- Igbo: ogwu (ig)
- Irish: ealaín dhubh f, dubhealaín f
- Italian: magia nera f
- Japanese: 黒魔法 (くろまほう, kuro-mahō), 黒魔術 (ja) (くろまじゅつ, kuro-majutsu)
- Korean: 흑마술(黑巫術) (heungmasul)
- Latin: maleficium n, magia malefica f, veneficium n
- Manx: buitcheraght f, doo-chliaghtey, doo-ellyn f
- Marathi: काळी जादू f (kāḷī jādū)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: svart magi m
- Nynorsk: svart magi m
- Occitan: magia (oc) negra (oc) f
- Old Norse: fordæðuskapr m
- Persian: جادوی سیاه (jâdu-ye siyâh)
- Polish: czarna magia (pl) f
- Portuguese: magia negra (pt) f
- Romanian: magie neagră (ro) f
- Russian: чёрная ма́гия (ru) f (čórnaja mágija), колдовство́ (ru) n (koldovstvó)
- Sanskrit: यातु (sa) m (yātu)
- Scots: sorcery
- Scottish Gaelic: sgoil-dubh f
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: црна магија f
- Roman: crna magija f
- Slovak: čierna mágia f
- Spanish: magia negra f
- Swedish: svartkonst (sv) c
- Tagalog: mahika negra
- Thai: คุณไสย, มนตร์ดำ (th)
- Turkish: kara büyü (tr)
- Ukrainian: чо́рна ма́гія f (čórna máhija)
- Vietnamese: tà thuật (vi)
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