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superstitiousness

superstitiousness noun: superstition.

Noun

superstitiousness (usually uncountable, plural superstitiousnesses)

  1. (rare, usually) superstition
    • The characters are all quirky and life-size (the Dillon character's superstitiousness is one of the principal motors of the plot, and the story's outcome doesn't prove him wrong), and, as with the burglaries in Breaking In, the treatment of drugs is refreshingly free of either moralizing or...1989 October 27, Jonathan Rosenbaum, “Drugstore Cowboy”, in Chicago Reader
    • The accident that aroused it illustrates Indian superstitiousness.1912, William Henry Johnson, French Pathfinders in North America

Forms of superstitiousness

pluralsuperstitiousnesses

Origin of superstitiousness

From superstitious + -ness.

Questions about superstitiousness

What does superstitiousness mean?
Superstitiousness means superstition.
What part of speech is superstitiousness?
Superstitiousness is a noun.
What is the plural of superstitiousness?
The plural of superstitiousness is superstitiousnesses.

Words near superstitiousness in the dictionary

  1. superstitionists
  2. superstitionless
  3. superstitions
  4. superstitious
  5. superstitiously
  6. superstitiousness
  7. superstitiousnesses
  8. superstock
  9. superstocks
  10. superstoical
  11. superstoichiometric

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