Having the quality of warding off or averting evil; serving as protection against harm or misfortune.
From Greek apotropos 'turning away evil,' from apo- 'away' and trepein 'to turn,' with English adjectival ending.
The concept of 'turning away' harm appears in words from Greek to Japanese—suggesting that humans across language families conceptualize protection through the metaphor of redirection or deflection!
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