Definition of apotropaic in English:

apotropaic

adjective ˌapətrəˈpeɪɪkˌapətrəˈpāik

Supposedly having the power to avert evil influences or bad luck.
被认为能驱邪（或消除厄运）的
apotropaic statues
驱邪雕像。
Example sentencesExamples
- Her vigorous position, with one knee down and one up, coupled with the wings on her ankles, is illustrative of flight; her huge eyes and lolling tongue are apotropaic.
- There is an unformulated suspicion, in short, that there is an apotropaic element in the motivation for prosecution, fear of allegations of inequality in procedure that might be made by the media or by parliamentarians.
- He also notes that the motifs on these objects had apotropaic roles designed to protect their owners against status-degradation.
- In a sense, the apophatic call for judgment is an apotropaic imagining of judgment in the anthropomorphic terms available to us, inviting God to shatter such expectations in the gracious enactment of God's judgment.
- The belief is especially prevalent today in the Mediterranean and Aegean, where apotropaic amulets and talismans are commonly sold as protection against the evil eye.
- More apotropaic methods (techniques for turning evil away) included stuffing objects into the orifices of corpses or confronting the ambulatory blood-sucker with a crucifix.
- Maybe it's an apotropaic gesture, maybe one writes to ward off death.
- Of the many apotropaic symbols presented in the exhibition, the most widespread is the distinctive bamada, a headgear identified as a symbol of the Komo, a religious institution with far-reaching influence in Bamana culture.
- These names are considered to have apotropaic power to protect the new-born from the evil eye.
- Inasmuch as literary wounds take on the role of ‘talking cures,’ so too is storytelling apotropaic: it has the power to avert evil influence or ill luck.
- The pattern of going to the spas was the attempt of mostly healthy individuals to undertake a prophylactic cure or to make an apotropaic gesture towards disease and be seen spending rather large sums of money doing this.
- Was his extravagant creative production an apotropaic ritual that ultimately failed in its aim, or did the procession of his creature, so ferocious, but with a tinge of pathos to it, prove somehow overwhelming for him?
- But as we shall see, the ‘feminine’ image so necessary to lyric's apodeixis reemerges in the ekphrasis as an apotropaic image: one which is both necessary to the epic project and marginalized by it.
- We can conclude that the incised patterns of the kunda and dibu bells, like those of the whisk, combine aesthetic astonishment with apotropaic function.
- In Italy, this gesture is simply called ‘le corna’ (the horns) and is apotropaic when the fingers lie horizontally or point down, and is an insult when the fingers point up.
- These deviant beings, placed in the holiest part of the church, may well serve an apotropaic function; yet again, they embody models in nature to be avoided.
- Before collectivisation in the 1930s destroyed the traditional social pattern of village life, the peasant wedding was a complex rite of passage which included many apotropaic rituals.
- A circumambulation is a ritual which can be performed in different contexts: apotropaic, cathartic, and as rite of aggregation.
- The apotropaic powers of Arabic letters, phrases, verses, and writing themselves are central to Mouride belief systems and, indeed, Sufi mysticism more generally.
- In fact most European magic was apotropaic, seeking to prevent, to protect, to repel.

Derivatives

apotropaically

adverb

The griffins at the ends of the sarcophagus are mythical monsters that preside apotropaically as guardians over the deceased.
Example sentencesExamples
- The puppy could also be used apotropaically, as in the Ritual of Huwarlu, in which a puppy is left in the bedchamber of the king and queen overnight to protect them from evil while at the same time a figurine of a puppy is set on the door bolt to make sure that the evil does not return through the door.
- An amulet shaped like a turtle, a creature of darkness, took the form of the very entity its wearer wished to avoid and thus acted apotropaically.
- Amulets of flies appear from the earliest Dynasties, worn either apotropaically, to ward off the attentions of the insect by its amuletic image, or to endow its wearer by sympathetic magic with the insect's fertility since flies are remarkable for the huge numbers in which they breed.
- In the linguistic world of the ancient Greeks, it was often applied apotropaically, in other words with full awareness that the subject in reality embodied the exact opposite of the stated meaning, in this case ‘good’.

Origin

Late 19th century: from Greek apotropaios 'averting evil', from apotrepein 'turn away or from' + -ic.

Definition of apotropaic in US English:

apotropaic

adjectiveˌapətrəˈpāik

Supposedly having the power to avert evil influences or bad luck.
被认为能驱邪（或消除厄运）的
apotropaic statues
驱邪雕像。
Example sentencesExamples
- He also notes that the motifs on these objects had apotropaic roles designed to protect their owners against status-degradation.
- Before collectivisation in the 1930s destroyed the traditional social pattern of village life, the peasant wedding was a complex rite of passage which included many apotropaic rituals.
- But as we shall see, the ‘feminine’ image so necessary to lyric's apodeixis reemerges in the ekphrasis as an apotropaic image: one which is both necessary to the epic project and marginalized by it.
- Of the many apotropaic symbols presented in the exhibition, the most widespread is the distinctive bamada, a headgear identified as a symbol of the Komo, a religious institution with far-reaching influence in Bamana culture.
- We can conclude that the incised patterns of the kunda and dibu bells, like those of the whisk, combine aesthetic astonishment with apotropaic function.
- Inasmuch as literary wounds take on the role of ‘talking cures,’ so too is storytelling apotropaic: it has the power to avert evil influence or ill luck.
- The apotropaic powers of Arabic letters, phrases, verses, and writing themselves are central to Mouride belief systems and, indeed, Sufi mysticism more generally.
- Was his extravagant creative production an apotropaic ritual that ultimately failed in its aim, or did the procession of his creature, so ferocious, but with a tinge of pathos to it, prove somehow overwhelming for him?
- The belief is especially prevalent today in the Mediterranean and Aegean, where apotropaic amulets and talismans are commonly sold as protection against the evil eye.
- More apotropaic methods (techniques for turning evil away) included stuffing objects into the orifices of corpses or confronting the ambulatory blood-sucker with a crucifix.
- In Italy, this gesture is simply called ‘le corna’ (the horns) and is apotropaic when the fingers lie horizontally or point down, and is an insult when the fingers point up.
- These deviant beings, placed in the holiest part of the church, may well serve an apotropaic function; yet again, they embody models in nature to be avoided.
- There is an unformulated suspicion, in short, that there is an apotropaic element in the motivation for prosecution, fear of allegations of inequality in procedure that might be made by the media or by parliamentarians.
- In a sense, the apophatic call for judgment is an apotropaic imagining of judgment in the anthropomorphic terms available to us, inviting God to shatter such expectations in the gracious enactment of God's judgment.
- A circumambulation is a ritual which can be performed in different contexts: apotropaic, cathartic, and as rite of aggregation.
- Maybe it's an apotropaic gesture, maybe one writes to ward off death.
- In fact most European magic was apotropaic, seeking to prevent, to protect, to repel.
- These names are considered to have apotropaic power to protect the new-born from the evil eye.
- Her vigorous position, with one knee down and one up, coupled with the wings on her ankles, is illustrative of flight; her huge eyes and lolling tongue are apotropaic.
- The pattern of going to the spas was the attempt of mostly healthy individuals to undertake a prophylactic cure or to make an apotropaic gesture towards disease and be seen spending rather large sums of money doing this.

Origin

Late 19th century: from Greek apotropaios ‘averting evil’, from apotrepein ‘turn away or from’ + -ic.

词汇	apotropaic
释义	Definition of apotropaic in English: apotropaic adjective ˌapətrəˈpeɪɪkˌapətrəˈpāik Supposedly having the power to avert evil influences or bad luck. 被认为能驱邪（或消除厄运）的 apotropaic statues 驱邪雕像。 Example sentencesExamples Her vigorous position, with one knee down and one up, coupled with the wings on her ankles, is illustrative of flight; her huge eyes and lolling tongue are apotropaic. There is an unformulated suspicion, in short, that there is an apotropaic element in the motivation for prosecution, fear of allegations of inequality in procedure that might be made by the media or by parliamentarians. He also notes that the motifs on these objects had apotropaic roles designed to protect their owners against status-degradation. In a sense, the apophatic call for judgment is an apotropaic imagining of judgment in the anthropomorphic terms available to us, inviting God to shatter such expectations in the gracious enactment of God's judgment. The belief is especially prevalent today in the Mediterranean and Aegean, where apotropaic amulets and talismans are commonly sold as protection against the evil eye. More apotropaic methods (techniques for turning evil away) included stuffing objects into the orifices of corpses or confronting the ambulatory blood-sucker with a crucifix. Maybe it's an apotropaic gesture, maybe one writes to ward off death. Of the many apotropaic symbols presented in the exhibition, the most widespread is the distinctive bamada, a headgear identified as a symbol of the Komo, a religious institution with far-reaching influence in Bamana culture. These names are considered to have apotropaic power to protect the new-born from the evil eye. Inasmuch as literary wounds take on the role of ‘talking cures,’ so too is storytelling apotropaic: it has the power to avert evil influence or ill luck. The pattern of going to the spas was the attempt of mostly healthy individuals to undertake a prophylactic cure or to make an apotropaic gesture towards disease and be seen spending rather large sums of money doing this. Was his extravagant creative production an apotropaic ritual that ultimately failed in its aim, or did the procession of his creature, so ferocious, but with a tinge of pathos to it, prove somehow overwhelming for him? But as we shall see, the ‘feminine’ image so necessary to lyric's apodeixis reemerges in the ekphrasis as an apotropaic image: one which is both necessary to the epic project and marginalized by it. We can conclude that the incised patterns of the kunda and dibu bells, like those of the whisk, combine aesthetic astonishment with apotropaic function. In Italy, this gesture is simply called ‘le corna’ (the horns) and is apotropaic when the fingers lie horizontally or point down, and is an insult when the fingers point up. These deviant beings, placed in the holiest part of the church, may well serve an apotropaic function; yet again, they embody models in nature to be avoided. Before collectivisation in the 1930s destroyed the traditional social pattern of village life, the peasant wedding was a complex rite of passage which included many apotropaic rituals. A circumambulation is a ritual which can be performed in different contexts: apotropaic, cathartic, and as rite of aggregation. The apotropaic powers of Arabic letters, phrases, verses, and writing themselves are central to Mouride belief systems and, indeed, Sufi mysticism more generally. In fact most European magic was apotropaic, seeking to prevent, to protect, to repel. Derivatives apotropaically adverb The griffins at the ends of the sarcophagus are mythical monsters that preside apotropaically as guardians over the deceased. Example sentencesExamples The puppy could also be used apotropaically, as in the Ritual of Huwarlu, in which a puppy is left in the bedchamber of the king and queen overnight to protect them from evil while at the same time a figurine of a puppy is set on the door bolt to make sure that the evil does not return through the door. An amulet shaped like a turtle, a creature of darkness, took the form of the very entity its wearer wished to avoid and thus acted apotropaically. Amulets of flies appear from the earliest Dynasties, worn either apotropaically, to ward off the attentions of the insect by its amuletic image, or to endow its wearer by sympathetic magic with the insect's fertility since flies are remarkable for the huge numbers in which they breed. In the linguistic world of the ancient Greeks, it was often applied apotropaically, in other words with full awareness that the subject in reality embodied the exact opposite of the stated meaning, in this case ‘good’. Origin Late 19th century: from Greek apotropaios 'averting evil', from apotrepein 'turn away or from' + -ic. Definition of apotropaic in US English: apotropaic adjectiveˌapətrəˈpāik Supposedly having the power to avert evil influences or bad luck. 被认为能驱邪（或消除厄运）的 apotropaic statues 驱邪雕像。 Example sentencesExamples He also notes that the motifs on these objects had apotropaic roles designed to protect their owners against status-degradation. Before collectivisation in the 1930s destroyed the traditional social pattern of village life, the peasant wedding was a complex rite of passage which included many apotropaic rituals. But as we shall see, the ‘feminine’ image so necessary to lyric's apodeixis reemerges in the ekphrasis as an apotropaic image: one which is both necessary to the epic project and marginalized by it. Of the many apotropaic symbols presented in the exhibition, the most widespread is the distinctive bamada, a headgear identified as a symbol of the Komo, a religious institution with far-reaching influence in Bamana culture. We can conclude that the incised patterns of the kunda and dibu bells, like those of the whisk, combine aesthetic astonishment with apotropaic function. Inasmuch as literary wounds take on the role of ‘talking cures,’ so too is storytelling apotropaic: it has the power to avert evil influence or ill luck. The apotropaic powers of Arabic letters, phrases, verses, and writing themselves are central to Mouride belief systems and, indeed, Sufi mysticism more generally. Was his extravagant creative production an apotropaic ritual that ultimately failed in its aim, or did the procession of his creature, so ferocious, but with a tinge of pathos to it, prove somehow overwhelming for him? The belief is especially prevalent today in the Mediterranean and Aegean, where apotropaic amulets and talismans are commonly sold as protection against the evil eye. More apotropaic methods (techniques for turning evil away) included stuffing objects into the orifices of corpses or confronting the ambulatory blood-sucker with a crucifix. In Italy, this gesture is simply called ‘le corna’ (the horns) and is apotropaic when the fingers lie horizontally or point down, and is an insult when the fingers point up. These deviant beings, placed in the holiest part of the church, may well serve an apotropaic function; yet again, they embody models in nature to be avoided. There is an unformulated suspicion, in short, that there is an apotropaic element in the motivation for prosecution, fear of allegations of inequality in procedure that might be made by the media or by parliamentarians. In a sense, the apophatic call for judgment is an apotropaic imagining of judgment in the anthropomorphic terms available to us, inviting God to shatter such expectations in the gracious enactment of God's judgment. A circumambulation is a ritual which can be performed in different contexts: apotropaic, cathartic, and as rite of aggregation. Maybe it's an apotropaic gesture, maybe one writes to ward off death. In fact most European magic was apotropaic, seeking to prevent, to protect, to repel. These names are considered to have apotropaic power to protect the new-born from the evil eye. Her vigorous position, with one knee down and one up, coupled with the wings on her ankles, is illustrative of flight; her huge eyes and lolling tongue are apotropaic. The pattern of going to the spas was the attempt of mostly healthy individuals to undertake a prophylactic cure or to make an apotropaic gesture towards disease and be seen spending rather large sums of money doing this. Origin Late 19th century: from Greek apotropaios ‘averting evil’, from apotrepein ‘turn away or from’ + -ic.
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