apotropaism
The use of ritual or other magical means to avert evil or bad luckThe use of ritual or other magical means (including charms and/or incantations) to avert evil or bad luck.
» Apotropaism has hardly survived at all in the higher religions.
Meaning
1 senses(uncountable)The use of ritual or other magical means (including charms and/or incantations) to avert evil or bad luck.
Examples
1 sentencesApotropaism has hardly survived at all in the higher religions.
Translations
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1 related wordsRelatedapotropaic
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable