a person believed to practice magic or sorcery
Old English wicce (feminine) and wicca (masculine)
A WITCH has a magic TWITCH in their finger when casting spells!
Witch trials disproportionately targeted women as scapegoats for misogyny and social instability; the term became weaponized to pathologize female autonomy, knowledge, and dissent.
Use neutrally for the practice; acknowledge historical persecution when discussing trials. Reclaimed by women practitioners.
["practitioner","wise woman","herbalist","healer"]
Modern witches—predominantly women—have reclaimed the term as spiritual power and resistance to patriarchal control.
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