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Synonyms for superstition
ˌsu pərˈstɪʃ ənsu·per·sti·tion
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
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, intoleranceAntonyms:
cynicism, free-thinking, indifference, latitudinarianism
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
superstition
Synonyms:
bigotry, fanaticismAntonyms:
infidelity, skepticism, disbelief, rationalism, religion, devotion, worship, reason
Princeton's WordNet
superstition, superstitious notionnoun
an irrational belief arising from ignorance or fear
Synonyms:
superstitious notion
Dictionary of English Synonymes
superstitionnoun
Synonyms:
false religion, worship of false gods, irrational worshipsuperstitionnoun
Synonyms:
belief in omens
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List of paraphrases for "superstition":
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#22209 | intolerance | |
#28924 | superstition | |
#33837 | bigotry | |
#49955 | superstitious | |
#56878 | fanaticism | |
#93458 | credulity |
How to use superstition in a sentence?
A superstition is a premature explanation that overstays its time.
The thing with Catholicism, the same as all religions, is that it teaches what should be, which seems rather incorrect. This is what should be. Now, if you're taught to live up to a what should be that never existed -- only an occult superstition, no proof of this should be -- then you can sit on a jury and indict easily, you can cast the first stone, you can burn Adolf Eichmann, like that!
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.
It is an infantile superstition of the human spirit that virginity would be thought a virtue and not the barrier that separates ignorance from knowledge
My people are going to learn the principles of democracy the dictates of truth and the teachings of science. Superstition must go. Let them worship as they will, every man can follow his own conscience provided it does not interfere with sane reason or bid him act against the liberty of his fellow men.
Translations for superstition
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- خرافةArabic
- забабо́ныBelarusian
- суевериеBulgarian
- supersticióCatalan, Valencian
- pověraCzech
- overtroDanish
- AberglaubeGerman
- δεισιδαιμονίαGreek
- superstiĉoEsperanto
- supersticiónSpanish
- ebauskEstonian
- taikauskoFinnish
- superstitionFrench
- saobh-chràbhadhScottish Gaelic
- אמונה תפלהHebrew
- babonaHungarian
- takhayulIndonesian
- hjátrúIcelandic
- superstizioneItalian
- 迷信Japanese
- 미신, 迷信Korean
- superstitioLatin
- awerglawen, awerglafLuxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- prietarasLithuanian
- māņticībaLatvian
- whakataputaputangaMāori
- superstizzjoniMaltese
- bijgeloofDutch
- overtruNorwegian
- przesądPolish
- superstiçãoPortuguese
- суеверие, предрассудок, пристрастиеRussian
- praznòvjerica, празноверје, sȕjevjērje, сујевјерје, prȁznovjērje, празновјерица, празноверица, празновјерје, сујеверјеSerbo-Croatian
- poveraSlovak
- supersticioni, besëtytniAlbanian
- skrockSwedish
- pamahiinTagalog
- batıl inançTurkish
- забобо́нUkrainian
- توہم پرستیUrdu
- irimUzbek
- 迷信, mê tínVietnamese
- lukredVolapük
- superstitionYiddish
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