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hyperstitious

hyperstitious adjective: pertaining to hyperstitions, cultural self-fulfilling prophecies.

Adjective

hyperstitious

  1. Pertaining to hyperstitions, cultural self-fulfilling prophecies.
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  2. Exceptionally susceptible to superstitions (beliefs, not based on reason, that behavior can magically influence events).

Origin of hyperstitious

hyper- + superstitious, replacing the super- element with the more intense hyper-.

Questions about hyperstitious

What does hyperstitious mean?
Hyperstitious means pertaining to hyperstitions, cultural self-fulfilling prophecies.
What part of speech is hyperstitious?
Hyperstitious is an adjective.

Words near hyperstitious in the dictionary

  1. hyperstimulatory
  2. hyperstimuli
  3. hyperstimulus
  4. hyperstition
  5. hyperstitions
  6. hyperstitious
  7. hyperstoichiometric
  8. hyperstomatic
  9. hyperstomatous
  10. hyperstomial
  11. hyperstore

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