superstition
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5.6
- noun
- /ˌsuːpərˈstɪʃən/
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superstición
- His superstition about avoiding black cats shows how deeply rooted these beliefs can be.
- superstitions in sport
- ignorance and superstition
- fears and superstitions
There are so many myths and and superstitions and rumors out there about coffee.
- There are so many myths and and superstitions and rumors out there about coffee.
- Some people have superstitions that border on or even become compulsions.
- And if you think that all Black Hat superstitions are about bad luck, keep watching my friend.
- He called the the, the religion as superstition.
- So the book starts off with this whole like very kind of medieval witch hunt superstition thing going on.
- And that you know, in in our our effort to you know, to squelch and stamp out various pre modern superstitions in the modern era.
- We played West Ham and he, he'd always, I don't know if it was superstition, but he'd always make this sub.
- OK, so the gods were everywhere and the notion was that you are in constant relationships with them, which explains things that we now treat as superstitions.
- It's not simply outside forces saying this is all nonsense superstition, it's garbage, get rid of it.
- And there's even a a name for some of the superstition.
- Grace stops her and says it's not superstition.
Examples
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They tell me about superstitions about some kind of half man, half sea serpent, with many arms.
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It's just a silly superstition.
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I think every human nature has superstition built into it in some way.
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Perhaps it has to do with the ways in which superstition continues to shape our approaches to important human problems.
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And superstition tends to show up when people are not entirely in control of the outcome.
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However, he has some fantastic ideas and has mixed in some native superstition with Christianity.
Academic text (1994) -
Some people have superstitions that border on or even become compulsions.
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Every captain had his superstitions, and one of Dumont's was singing on the boat.
Fiction book (1992) -
We've put aside these old superstitions.
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In their eyes, the common people are steeped in superstition, an inevitable result of their backwardness.
Academic text (1992)
Synonyms
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8.3
Believing that certain actions, signs, or objects can change what will happen
Antonyms
How Rational
Surface Forms
Morphology
superstition = superstit + ion
Although the surface segments resemble familiar morphemes, the modern meaning cannot be derived productively from 'super-' + a standalone root; the word is historically borrowed and its internal parts are not transparently meaningful to learners.
Etymology
Superstition comes from Latin parts super- 'above' and stare 'to stand'. It made the image of a belief that 'stands above' normal thinking, so today a superstition is a belief people keep out of fear or habit rather than because of reason or proof.