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apotropaism
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ap⋅o⋅tro⋅pa⋅ism
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–noun
the use of magic and ritualistic ceremony to anticipate and prevent evil.
Origin:
< Gk
apotrópai
(
on
) object that averts evil (
see
apotropaic
) +
-ism
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