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superstition
[ soo-per-stish-uhn ]
noun
- a belief or notion, not based on reason or knowledge, in or of the ominous significance of a particular thing, circumstance, occurrence, proceeding, or the like.
- a system or collection of such beliefs.
- a custom or act based on such a belief.
- irrational fear of what is unknown or mysterious, especially in connection with religion.
- any blindly accepted belief or notion.
superstition
/ ËŒ²õ³Ü˱èəˈ²õ³Ùɪʃə²Ô /
noun
- irrational belief usually founded on ignorance or fear and characterized by obsessive reverence for omens, charms, etc
- a notion, act or ritual that derives from such belief
- any irrational belief, esp with regard to the unknown
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of superstition1
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of superstition1
Example Sentences
Why it should infect nations that are prosperous, ostensibly well educated, and with civil societies that have supposedly developed beyond tribal superstition is a mystery that has never been explained.
Going back centuries, local Buganda cultural superstition also protected the elegant fowl, which was seen as a symbol of wealth, good fortune and longevity.
She was told there was a local superstition against women eating them, over debunked claims it may lead to conjoined twins.
In the Sundarbans, superstition about angering water deities made it hard to get people to fence their ponds.
It was something I‘d never done before — I’m not prone to superstition — but I’d heard other widows talk about it. “
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