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Definition of Superstition
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Superstition
An excessive reverence for, or fear of, that which is unknown or mysterious. An ignorant or irrational worship of the Supreme Deity; excessive exactness or rigor in religious opinions or practice; extreme and unnecessary scruples in the observance of religious rites not commanded, or of points of minor importance; also, a rite or practice proceeding from excess of sculptures in religion. The worship of a false god or gods; false religion; religious veneration for objects. Belief in the direct agency of superior powers in certain extraordinary or singular events, or in magic, omens, prognostics, or the like. Excessive nicety; scrupulous exactness. Related Definitions:
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Superstition Quotations
I have recently been examining all the known superstitions of the world, and do not find in our particular superstition (Christianity) one redeeming feature. They are all alike founded on fables and mythology. Thomas Jefferson Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing. Helen Keller A fool's brain digests philosophy into folly, science into superstition, and art into pedantry. Hence University education. George Bernard Shaw It is an infantile superstition of the human spirit that virginity would be thought a virtue and not the barrier that separates ignorance from knowledge. Voltaire Superstition is the poetry of life. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe |
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Superstition Translations
superstition in Danish is overtro superstition in Dutch is bijgeloof superstition in French is superstition superstition in German is Aberglaube {m} superstition in Hungarian is babona superstition in Swedish is vidskepelse, vantro, skrock |
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