superstitious

English

Etymology

Old French superstitieux, from Latin superstitiōsus, from superstitio + -ōsus.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌs(j)uː.pəˈstɪ.ʃəs/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌs(j)u.pɚˈstɪ.ʃəs/

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• Rhymes: -ɪʃəs

Adjective

superstitious (comparative more superstitious, superlative most superstitious)

1. Susceptible to superstitions.
   • 1722, William Wollaston, “Sect. V. Truths relating to the Deity. Of his exiſtence, perfection, providence, &c.”, in The Religion of Nature Delineated‎^[1], page 81:

     Ignorant and ſuperſtitious wretches meaſure the actions of letterd and philoſophical men by the tattle of their nurſes or illiterate parents and companions, or by the faſhion of the country : and people of differing religions judge and condemn each other by their own tenents ; when both of them cannot be in the right, and it is well if either of them are.

2. Arising from or having the character of superstitions.
3. (archaic) overexact; unnecessarily scrupulous

Synonyms

• freety

Derived terms

• nonsuperstitious
• superstitiously
• superstitiousness
• unsuperstitious

 

Related terms

• superstition

Translations

susceptible to superstitions

• Albanian: besëtytë (sq)
• Arabic: خُرَافِيّ (ḵurāfiyy)
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• Bulgarian: суеверен (bg) (sueveren)
• Catalan: supersticiós
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 迷信的 (zh) (míxìn de)

• Czech: pověrčivý (cs) m
• Dutch: bijgelovig (nl)
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• Estonian: please add this translation if you can
• Faroese: pátrúgvin
• Finnish: taikauskoinen (fi)
• French: superstitieux (fr)
• Galician: supersticioso (gl)
• German: abergläubisch (de), abergläubig (de)
• Greek: προληπτικός (el) (proliptikós)

  Ancient: δεισιδαίμων (deisidaímōn)

• Hebrew: please add this translation if you can
• Hungarian: babonás (hu)
• Icelandic: hjátrúarfullur
• Irish: piseogach
• Italian: superstizioso (it)
• Japanese: 迷信の (ja) (めいしんの, meishin-no)
• Kalmyk: йорч (yorç)
• Khmer: មាន​ជំនឿ​ឆ្វេង (miən-cumnɨə-chveeng)
• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Lao: ຈົນ chon (chon chon)
• Latin: superstitiosus
• Latvian: please add this translation if you can
• Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can
• Maori: mauri tūpato, whakataputapu
• Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: overtroisk

• Old English: æfgydel
• Persian: خرافاتی (fa) (xorâfâti), خرافه‌ای (xorâfe-'i), خرافی (xorâfi)
• Polish: przesądny (pl), zabobonny (pl)
• Portuguese: supersticioso (pt)
• Romanian: superstițios (ro)
• Russian: суеве́рный (ru) (sujevérnyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: saobh-chràbhach
• Serbo-Croatian: prȁznovjēran (sh), sȕjevjēran (sh)
• Slovene: praznoveren
• Spanish: supersticioso (es)
• Swedish: vidskeplig (sv), superstitiös (sv), skrockfull (sv)
• Tagalog: mapamahiin
• Thai: ^{(please verify)} เชื่อโชคลาง
• Turkish: batıl inançlara inanan
• Vietnamese: mê tín (vi)
• Volapük: lukredik (vo)
• Welsh: ofergoelus (cy)