superstition
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Donatello, the embodiment of an Old World defined more by superstition than piety and by tradition than goodness, lacks the character to withstand Miriam’s inner darkness.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026
Also, according to superstition, a person’s own animal year is thought to be a time for guardedness.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 10, 2026
While thoroughly grounded in training and technique as a world champion athlete, there is also superstition and a little bit of music sprinkled in the mix.
From BBC • Feb. 5, 2026
Among them is avoiding seaweed soup for lunch, as its slippery strands are believed to make students "slip" in the high-stakes test -- a superstition that has long shaped test-day menus.
From Barron's • Nov. 13, 2025
The research was successful, a triumph, as was much of the rest of his life, of reason over superstition.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
Vocabulary lists containing superstition
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