Superstitious

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  • adjective. Inclined to believe in superstition.
  • adjective. Of, characterized by, or proceeding from superstition.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Believing superstitions, religious or other; addicted to superstition; especially, very scrupulous and rigid in religious observances through fear or credulity; full of idle fancies and scruples in regard to religion.
  • Pertaining to, partaking of, or proceeding from superstition: as, superstitious rites.
  • Over-exact; scrupulous beyond need, as from credulous fear.
  • Idolatrously devoted.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Of or pertaining to superstition; proceeding from, or manifesting, superstition.
  • adjective. Evincing superstition; overscrupulous and rigid in religious observances; addicted to superstition; full of idle fancies and scruples in regard to religion.
  • adjective. Overexact; scrupulous beyond need.
  • adjective. the use of a gift or bequest, as of land, etc., for the maintenance of the rites of a religion not tolerated by the law.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Susceptible to superstitions.
  • adjective. Arising from or having the character of superstitions.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. showing ignorance of the laws of nature and faith in magic or chance
  • Word Usage
    "Societies of Paris, etc. Neurologist to Freedmen's Hospital and Epiphany Dispensary, Lecturer on Nervous and Mental Diseases, Howard University, Washington, D.C. THERE is a general impression that the explanations of natural phenomena, including human destinies, to which the term superstitious is given are usually attributable to the vestiges of traditional cosmogonies of our tribal ancestors handed down to children at the knees of their parents or guardians."
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