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English Etymology From Middle French superstition Latin superstitio
Pronunciation ( UK ) IPA (key ) : /ˌs(j)uː.pə(ɹ)ˈstɪ.ʃən/ , /ˌs(j)u.pə(ɹ)ˈstɪ.ʃn̩/ ( US ) IPA (key ) : /ˌs(j)u.pɚˈstɪ.ʃən/ , /ˌs(j)u.pɚˈstɪ.ʃn̩/ Rhymes: -ɪʃən Noun superstition (countable and uncountable plural superstitions
A belief or beliefs, not based on human reason or scientific knowledge, that events may be influenced by one's behaviour in some magical or mystical way.
1837 L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon ], “Changes in London”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. , volume II, London: Henry Colburn , →OCLC page 229 :What children we are in trifles! what slight things exercise an influence over us! to how much that our reason would be ashamed to acknowledge! nevertheless does it submit. Our whole nature must change; we must be less susceptible, less dependent on "blind accident," before we can shake off hopes and fears, which are almost superstitions .
( archaic ) nicety ; overscrupulousness .Derived terms Related terms Translations a belief that events may be influenced by one's behaviour in some magical or mystical way
Albanian: supersticion m besëtytni (sq) f
Arabic: خُرَافَة (ar) f ( ḵurāfa )
Armenian: սնահավատություն (hy) ( snahavatutʻyun )
Azerbaijani: mövhumat xurafat
Bashkir: хөрәфәт ( xörəfət )
Basque: sineskeria
Belarusian: забабо́ны (be) m pl ( zababóny )
Bengali: কুসংস্কার (bn) ( kuśoṅskar )
Bulgarian: суеве́рие (bg) n ( suevérie )
Burmese: အယူသည်းခြင်း ( a.yusany:hkrang: )
Catalan: superstició (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 迷信 (zh) ( míxìn )
Cornish: hegoledh m
Czech: pověra (cs) f
Danish: overtro
Dutch: bijgeloof (nl) n
Esperanto: superstiĉo
Estonian: ebausk
Finnish: taikausko (fi)
French: superstition (fr) f
Galician: superstición (gl) f
Georgian: ცრურწმენა ( crurc̣mena )
German: Aberglaube (de) m
Greek: δεισιδαιμονία (el) f ( deisidaimonía )
Hebrew: אֱמוּנָה תְּפֵלָה (he) f ( emuná t'felá )
Hindi: अंधविश्वास (hi) m ( andhviśvās )
Hungarian: babona (hu)
Icelandic: hjátrú (is) f hindurvitni (is) n hégilja f bábilja f
Indonesian: takhayul (id) , khurafat (id)
Irish: baothchreideamh m piseog f ( superstititious belief of practice )
Italian: superstizione (it) f
Japanese: 迷信 (ja) ( めいしん, meishin )
Kalmyk: йор ( yor )
Kapampangan: ariya
Kazakh: ырым ( yrym ) , ырымшылдық ( yrymşyldyq )
Khmer: អប្បិយជំនឿ ( ʼɑɑpbəycumnɨə )
Korean: 미신(迷信) (ko) ( misin )
Kyrgyz: ырым-жырым (ky) ( ırım-jırım )
Latin: superstitio f
Latvian: māņticība
Lithuanian: prietaras m
Luxembourgish: Awerglawen (lb) m Awerglaf m
Macedonian: суеверие n ( sueverie )
Malayalam: അന്ധവിശ്വാസം (ml) ( andhaviśvāsaṁ )
Maltese: superstizzjoni f
Maori: whakataputaputanga
Mongolian: мухар сүсэг ( muxar süseg )
Norman: supèrstition f
Norwegian: overtro
Occitan: supersticion (oc) f
Old English: æfgælþ f
Pashto: خرافات (ps) pl ( xerāfāt ) , موهوم پرستي f ( mawhumparastí )
Persian: خرافه (fa) ( xorâfe ) , موهومات (fa) ( mowhumât ) , خرافات (fa) ( xorâfât )
Plautdietsch: Äwagloowen m
Polish: przesąd (pl) m zabobon (pl) m
Portuguese: superstição (pt) f
Romanian: superstiție (ro) f
Russian: суеве́рие (ru) n ( sujevérije ) , пристра́стие (ru) n ( pristrástije ) , предрассу́док (ru) m ( predrassúdok ) , пове́рье (ru) n ( povérʹje )
Scottish Gaelic: saobh-chràbhadh m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: празноверје n празновјерје n празноверица f празновјерица f сујеверје n сујевјерје n
Roman: prȁznovjērje (sh) n praznòvjerica (sh) f sȕjevjērje (sh) n
Slovak: povera f
Slovene: praznoverje n vraževerje n
Spanish: superstición (es) f
Swedish: skrock (sv) n vidskepelse (sv) c övertro (sv) c
Tagalog: pamahiin erehiya
Tajik: хурофот ( xurofot ) , мавҳумат ( mavhumat )
Tatar: хорафат (tt) ( xorafat )
Thai: ไสยศาสตร์ (th) ( sǎi-yá-sàat ) , ไสยเวท ความเชื่องมงาย ความเชื่อโชคลาง
Turkish: batıl inanç (tr) , hurafe (tr)
Turkmen: yrym
Ukrainian: забобо́н m ( zabobón )
Urdu: خرافت f ( xurāfat )
Uyghur: خۇراپات ( xurapat )
Uzbek: irim (uz) , xurofot (uz) , irim-chirim (uz)
Vietnamese: mê tín (vi) (迷信 sự mê tín (vi)
Volapük: lukred (vo)
Walloon: doûce creyance (wa) f
Welsh: ofergoel f
References French Etymology Borrowed from Latin superstitiōnem
Pronunciation Noun superstition f plural superstitions
superstition Related terms Further reading
