superstition

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A belief that is not based on reason, often involving luck, magic, or fear of the unknown.

   Walking under a ladder is unlucky, according to an old superstition.

From Middle French superstition, from Latin superstitio (“superstition”), from superstāre (“to stand above, to stand upon, to survive”) + -tiō (“-tion: forming nouns”), from super- (“above, over, upon”) + stāre (“to stand”).

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