Definition of "superstition" noun countable and uncountable , plural superstitions
A belief or beliefs , not based on human reason or scientific knowledge , that events may be influenced by one 's behaviour in some magical or mystical way . quotations examples
Quotations What children we are in trifles ! what slight things exercise an influence over us ! to how much that our reason would be ashamed to acknowledge ! nevertheless does it submit . Our whole nature must change ; we must be less susceptible , less dependent on "blind accident ," before we can shake off hopes and fears , which are almost superstitions
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