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superstitious
/ˌs(j)u.pɚˈstɪ.ʃəs/
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What does superstitious mean?
adjective
- Susceptible to superstitions.
- Arising from or having the character of superstitions.
More meanings (1)
adjective
- (archaic) Overexact; unnecessarily scrupulous.
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/ˌs(j)u.pɚˈstɪ.ʃəs/
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Thea had a superstitious feeling about the potsherds, and liked better to leave them in the dwellings where she found them.
I may be deemed superstitious, and even egotistical, in regarding this event as a special interposition of divine Providence in my favor.
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I do not, however, make any use of that privilege, and as to that matter, in superstitious religion, surpass all historical authority.
For children, among many primitive peoples, there are numerous taboos of certain classes and kinds of food, from religious or superstitious motives.
The first step of worthiness will be to disabuse us of our superstitious associations with places and times, with number and size.