Superstition

Definitions

1. A belief or beliefs, not based on human reason or scientific knowledge, that events may be influenced by one's behavior in some magical or mystical way.
   countable, uncountable
2. Excessive nicety; overscrupulousness.
   archaic, countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“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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