superstition
/ˌs(j)uː.pə(ɹ)ˈstɪ.ʃən//ˌs(j)u.pɚˈstɪ.ʃən/
superstition noun: a belief considered to be irrational, unfounded, or based solely on fear and ignorance, particularly credulous reverence towards and belief in supernatural forces.
Noun
superstition (countable and uncountable, plural superstitions)
- A belief considered to be irrational, unfounded, or based solely on fear and ignorance, particularly credulous reverence towards and belief in supernatural forces.
- 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...1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “Changes in London”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 229
- The world is not merely the sum of all its atoms... There are no atoms in themselves. Atoms regarded as things in themselves are a scientific superstition.1893 January, Paul Carus, “Panpsychism and Panbiotism”, in Monist, volume 3, number 2, page 251
- Excessive nicety; overscrupulousness.
superstition meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
superstition in Hindi
- a belief considered irrational, unfounded, or guided by fear and ignorance
- अंधविश्वास andhviśvās, ख़ुराफ़त xurāfat, खुराफत khurāphat, ख़ुराफ़ात xurāfāt, खुराफात khurāphāt
superstition in Tamil
- மூட நம்பிக்கை
superstition in Marathi
- superstition, belief in unproven ideas
- अंधविश्वास andhviśvās
- superstition, blind belief, blind faith
- अंधश्रद्धा andhaśraddhā
superstition in Urdu
- a belief considered irrational, unfounded, or guided by fear and ignorance
- خُرافَت xurāfat, خُرافات xurāfāt
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- superstition in Bengali
- কুসংস্কার kuśoṅskar
- superstition in Telugu
- మూఢ నమ్మకము mūḍha nammakamu
- superstition in Malayalam
- അന്ധവിശ്വാസം andhaviśvāsaṁ
- superstition in Kannada
- ಮೂಢನಂಬಿಕೆ mūḍhanambike
- superstition in Punjabi
- ਭਰਮ bharam
- superstition in Gujarati
- અંધવિશ્વાસ, અંધશ્રદ્ધા
- superstition in Nepali
- अन्धविश्वास
- superstition in Pashto
- خرافات xerāfāt, موهوم پرستي mawhumparastí
- superstition in Tagalog
- pamahiin, erehiya
- superstition in Arabic
- خُرَافَة ḵurāfa
- superstition in Malay
- tahyul
- superstition in Indonesian
- takhayul, khurafat
- superstition in Thai
- ไสยศาสตร์ sǎi-yá-sàat, ไสยเวท, ความเชื่องมงาย, ความเชื่อโชคลาง kwaam-chʉ̂ʉa-chôok-laang
- superstition in Vietnamese
- mê tín, sự mê tín
- superstition in Myanmar
- အယူသည်းခြင်း a.yusany:hkrang:
Forms of superstition
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Origin of superstition
From Middle French superstition, from Latin superstitio (“superstition”), from superstāre (“to stand above, to stand upon, to survive”) + -tiō (“-tion: forming nouns”), from super- (“above, over, upon”) + stāre (“to stand”).
Words formed from superstition
Words that rhyme with superstition
- partition
- position
- proposition
- transition
- mission
- condition
- commission
- transmission
- addition
- admission
- attrition
- expedition
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- remission
- rendition
- exhibition
- submission
- ignition
- inhibition
- inquisition
- intromission
- magician
- omission
- suspicion
- tradition
- dentition
- edition
- patrician
- politician
- tuition
- acquisition
- circumposition
- decommission
- fission
- nutrition
- perdition
- permission
- phonetician
- prohibition
- superposition
- volition
- academician
- aesthetician
- Apician
- clinician
- coalition
- disquisition
- emission
- fruition
- Galician
- on a mission
- optician
- postposition
- premonition
- recommission
- retransition
- sedition
- titian
- abligurition
- admonition
- adposition
Questions about superstition
- What does superstition mean?
- Superstition means a belief considered to be irrational, unfounded, or based solely on fear and ignorance, particularly credulous reverence towards and belief in supernatural forces.
- What is superstition in Hindi?
- Superstition in Hindi is अंधविश्वास (andhviśvās), ख़ुराफ़त (xurāfat), खुराफत (khurāphat). See Superstition meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is superstition?
- Superstition is a noun.
- How do you pronounce superstition?
- Superstition is pronounced /ˌs(j)uː.pə(ɹ)ˈstɪ.ʃən/ (UK).
- What is the plural of superstition?
- The plural of superstition is superstitions.
Words near superstition in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: superstition (page history and authors); superstition (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); अंधविश्वास (Marathi) (page history and authors); ಮೂಢನಂಬಿಕೆ (Kannada) (page history and authors); ਭਰਮ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); superstition (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); superstition (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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