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witch-hunt is a search for witches or evidence of witchcraft , often involving moral panic or mass hysteria Before 1750 it was legally
Kaynak: Witch-huntWitch-hunt is a search for suspected or alleged witches, or similar political accusations. Witch
hunt or
witch-hunt may also refer to:
Kaynak: Witch hunt (disambiguation) often referred to as McCarthyism McCarthyism can also be synonymous with the term
witch-hunt , both referring to mass hysteria and moral panic .
Kaynak: McCarthyismPierre de l'Ancre, Lord of De Lancre (1553–1631), was the French judge of Bordeaux who conducted a massive
witch-hunt in Labourd in 1609.
Kaynak: Pierre de Lancrepersecution s of individuals or groups, such as the Red Scare , antisemitic pogroms , Stalinist purges, the
witch-hunt s of Renaissance Europe.
Kaynak: Moral panicAccording to
witch-hunt ers during the height of the witch trial s (c. 1645), the witches' mark (not to be confused with a witches' teat
Kaynak: Witches' markMedical explanations of bewitchment, especially as exhibited during the Salem witch trials but in other
witch-hunt s as well, have emerged
Kaynak: Medical explanations of bewitchment