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I have tried asking AI, but it cannot find anything.

Can anybody help with etymology of Aposemitic?

https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Aposemitism&defid=18485288
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>>17013833
It's in the link you posted you silly billy
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>>17013838
You don't understand what etymology is.
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>>17013849
It's the study of word origins and evolution over time.
As your link spells out:
>apo-
Meaning "away from"
>semite
Jews
>-ism
State of being or thought
Staying away from Jews.

As your link also notes, it's a play on the word "aposematism" which is
>apo-
>semat
Meaning "sign"
>-ism
A sign to stay away.
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>>17013833
I suspect "aposemitic" is only used in contrast to the much more common "antisemitic". Its etymology is basically that of "antisemitic", with an ad-hoc substitution of the prefix. You're unlikely to find a serious etymology for such an uncommon and contingent word. I think it's more accurate to think of it repeatedly branching off from "antisemitic" as needed, rather than having its own continuous etymology.



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