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black art
black artn. Black magic; witchcraft.black art n (Alternative Belief Systems) the black art another name for black magic black′ art′
n. Often, black arts. witchcraft, sorcery, or other occult practice used for evil purposes. [1580–90] black artAnother name for black magic or witchcraft.Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  black art - the belief in magical spells that harness occult forces or evil spirits to produce unnatural effects in the worldblack magic, necromancy, sorcerymagic, thaumaturgy - any art that invokes supernatural powerswitchcraft, witchery - the art of sorcerybewitchment, enchantment - a magical spelldemonism, diabolism, Satanism - a belief in and reverence for devils (especially Satan)obiism - belief in a kind of sorcery that originated in Africa and is practiced in the West Indies |
black art
black artA collection of arcane, unpublished, and (by implication)mostly ad-hoc techniques developed for a particularapplication or systems area (compare black magic). VLSIdesign and compiler code optimisation were (in theirbeginnings) considered classic examples of black art; astheory developed they became deep magic, and once standardtextbooks had been written, became merely heavy wizardry.The huge proliferation of formal and informal channels forspreading around new computer-related technologies during thelast twenty years has made both the term "black art" and whatit describes less common than formerly. See also voodoo programming.black art
Related to black art: black magicSynonyms for black artnoun the belief in magical spells that harness occult forces or evil spirits to produce unnatural effects in the worldSynonyms- black magic
- necromancy
- sorcery
Related Words- magic
- thaumaturgy
- witchcraft
- witchery
- bewitchment
- enchantment
- demonism
- diabolism
- Satanism
- obiism
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