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Absurd poeticisms initially rejected in study of communication (9)

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I believe the answer is:

semiotics

'study of communication' is the definition.

'absurd poeticisms initially rejected' is the wordplay.
'absurd' is an anagram indicator.
'initially rejected' means to remove the first letter.
'poeticisms' with its first letter taken off is 'oeticisms'.
'oeticisms' anagrammed gives 'SEMIOTICS'.

'in' acts as a link.

(Another definition for semiotics that I've seen is " Study of signs and symbols".)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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