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Definitions for superstitions
su·per·sti·tions

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U.S. National Library of Medicine

  1. Superstitions

    A belief or practice which lacks adequate basis for proof; an embodiment of fear of the unknown, magic, and ignorance.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of superstitions in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of superstitions in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of superstitions in a Sentence

  1. Hari Prasad Mainai:

    [It's] very unfortunate what happened, from the government level, we are going to launch (an) awareness program against these superstitions in the villages of Nawalparasi district.

  2. Thomas Huxley:

    It is the fate of new truths to begin as heresies and end and superstitions.

  3. Aldous Huxley:

    It is the customary fate of new truths to begin as heresies and to end as superstitions.

  4. Anne Rice, The Vampire Lestat:

    Nothing in all the world is so nonsensical and contradictory, save mortals, that is, who live in the grip of the superstitions of the past.

  5. Joanne Kwong:

    Many of us don’t live with our grandparents anymore, with each generation, the traditions and the superstitions and what you’re supposed to eat and do gets a little bit more tenuous.

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