In the 20th century the early modern witch trials inspired new religious movements such as Wicca. They have also provided raw material for numerous works of literature and film, including Arthur Millerβs play The Crucible (1953), which, through its implicit criticism of McCarthyism, popularized the term witch hunt to refer to unjustified persecution driven by irrational fears.
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