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superstitious

/ˌs(j)u.pɚˈstɪ.ʃəs/

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What does superstitious mean?

adjective

  1. Susceptible to superstitions.
  2. Arising from or having the character of superstitions.
More meanings (1)

adjective

  1. (archaic) Overexact; unnecessarily scrupulous.

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IPA pronunciation

/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.
Willa CatherThe Song of the LarkProject Gutenberg ebook #44
I may be deemed superstitious, and even egotistical, in regarding this event as a special interposition of divine Providence in my favor.
Frederick DouglassNarrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American SlaveProject Gutenberg ebook #23
More book examples (3)
I do not, however, make any use of that privilege, and as to that matter, in superstitious religion, surpass all historical authority.
Michel de MontaigneEssays of Michel de Montaigne — CompleteTranslated by Charles CottonProject Gutenberg ebook #3600
For children, among many primitive peoples, there are numerous taboos of certain classes and kinds of food, from religious or superstitious motives.
Alexander Francis ChamberlainThe Child and Childhood in Folk-Thought Studies of the Activities and Influences of the Child Among Primitive Peoples, Their Analogues and Survivals in the Civilization of To-DayProject Gutenberg ebook #7966
The first step of worthiness will be to disabuse us of our superstitious associations with places and times, with number and size.
Ralph Waldo EmersonEssays by Ralph Waldo EmersonProject Gutenberg ebook #16643