Synonyms for superstition
ˌsu pərˈstɪʃ ənsu·per·sti·tion

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1. superstition

   Fanaticism is extravagant or even frenzied zeal; bigotry is obstinate and unreasoning attachment to a cause or creed; fanaticism and bigotry usually include intolerance, which is unwillingness to tolerate beliefs or opinions contrary to one's own; superstition is ignorant and irrational religious belief. Credulity is not distinctively religious, but is a general readiness to believe without sufficient evidence, with a proneness to accept the marvellous. Bigotry is narrow, fanaticism is fierce, superstition is ignorant, credulity is weak, intolerance is severe. Bigotry has not the capacity to reason fairly, fanaticism has not the patience, superstition has not the knowledge and mental discipline, intolerance has not the disposition. Bigotry, fanaticism, and superstition are perversions of the religious sentiment; credulity and intolerance often accompany skepticism or atheism.

   Synonyms:
   bigotry, credulity, fanaticism, intolerance

   Antonyms:
   cynicism, free-thinking, indifference, latitudinarianism

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1. superstition

   Synonyms:
   bigotry, fanaticism

   Antonyms:
   infidelity, skepticism, disbelief, rationalism, religion, devotion, worship, reason

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1. superstition, superstitious notionnoun

   an irrational belief arising from ignorance or fear

   Synonyms:
   superstitious notion

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1. superstitionnoun

   Synonyms:
   false religion, worship of false gods, irrational worship

2. superstitionnoun

   Synonyms:
   belief in omens

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1. List of paraphrases for "superstition":

   superstitious

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1. Shelley:

   Chastity is a monkish and evangelical superstition, a greater foe to natural temperance even than unintellectual sensuality; it strikes at the root of all domestic happiness, and consigns more than half of the human race to misery.

2. Francois Marie Arouet Voltaire:

   Superstition is to religion what astrology is to astronomy the mad daughter of a wise mother.

3. Cicero:

   We do not destroy religion by destroying superstition.

4. Mark Lazarus:

   The players won’t like this, but I wish they all would stop growing beards in the postseason, i know it’s a tradition and superstition, but I think (the beards do) hurt recognition. They have a great opportunity with more endorsements. Or simply more recognition with fans saying, ‘That guy looks like the kid next door,’ which many of these guys do. I think that would be a nice thing.

5. Joe Maddon:

   The thing I’ve always heard about the Cubs being lovable losers, I never quite understood that. That’s not the way I was raised, getting here and not paying attention to the superficial nonsense, the superstition that really has dragged a lot of people’s minds down ... to escape that is great, to continue to move it forward. The perception has changed.