witcraft

Noun

1. Mental skill; the art of wit.
   • In its pure form, witcraft can be seen as a democratic art. because it does not depend upon technical expertise. Within an ideal context of pure witcraft, the powerful and the powerless meet upon equal terms. - 1996,...
2. The art of reasoning; logic.
   • It argues that a rhetorical approach maintains space for agency on the behalf of employees (through the witcraft of argument) […] - 2008, Gillian Symon, “Developing the Political Perspective on Technological Change...