as in myths
a belief or way of behaving that is based on fear of the unknown and faith in magic or luck; a belief that certain events or things will bring good or bad luck
It is a common superstition that a black cat crossing your path is bad luck.
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Recent Examples of superstitions
The Astros won, which will test one of Espada’s season-long superstitions.
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Chandler Rome, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2025
This may be due to long-standing superstitions linking them with bad luck or witchcraft.
—Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Aug. 2025
Every rising generation should hold its predecessors accountable, boldly taking its rights from them and leaving the rest of their property—superstitions, prejudices, structures of power—to decay with them in the grave.
—Matthew Redmond
august 13, Literary Hub, 13 Aug. 2025
Today, many migraine sufferers take upward of four medications to try and stay ahead of the pain—and that doesn’t include home remedies or preventive superstitions.
—Hannah Jocelyn, New Yorker, 12 Aug. 2025
Story sequences explore his family, superstitions, and untimely fate.
—Charlie Fink, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2025
Burying The Bourbon Is A Southern Tradition While some superstitions are universal, burying the bourbon is decidedly Southern.
—Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 5 Aug. 2025
Chandler Rome, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2025
This may be due to long-standing superstitions linking them with bad luck or witchcraft.
—Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Aug. 2025
Every rising generation should hold its predecessors accountable, boldly taking its rights from them and leaving the rest of their property—superstitions, prejudices, structures of power—to decay with them in the grave.
—Matthew Redmond
august 13, Literary Hub, 13 Aug. 2025
Today, many migraine sufferers take upward of four medications to try and stay ahead of the pain—and that doesn’t include home remedies or preventive superstitions.
—Hannah Jocelyn, New Yorker, 12 Aug. 2025
Story sequences explore his family, superstitions, and untimely fate.
—Charlie Fink, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2025
Burying The Bourbon Is A Southern Tradition While some superstitions are universal, burying the bourbon is decidedly Southern.
—Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 5 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for superstitions
Noun
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The rippling fallout of war on families has long been fertile ground for cinema — trauma is calcified while secrets from the past become myths, either perpetuated long enough to solidify into fact or exposed as falsehoods that cause entire identities to be questioned.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
28 Aug. 2025
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Many social media users criticized Who for spreading lesbophobic myths and furthering the harmful idea that lesbianism is a phase that could end, even if it was said in jest.—
Mathew Rodriguez,
Them.,
28 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Other discipline errors snowballed after that.—
Jesse Newell,
New York Times,
6 Sep. 2025
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Alcaraz finished with 30 unforced errors, the same total as his opponent.—
Howard Fendrich,
Chicago Tribune,
6 Sep. 2025
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“Superstitions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/superstitions. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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