See superstition in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"ref": "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:",
"text": "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.",
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"ref": "1893 January, Paul Carus, \"Panpsychism and Panbiotism\", Monist, Vol. 3, No. 2, p. 251",
"text": "The world is not merely the sum of all its atoms... There are no atoms in themselves. Atoms regarded as things in themselves are a scientific superstition."
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"(derogatory) A belief considered to be irrational, unfounded, or based solely on fear and ignorance, particularly credulous reverence towards and belief in supernatural forces."
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"roman": "ḵurāfa",
"sense": "a belief considered irrational, unfounded, or guided by fear and ignorance",
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"word": "خُرَافَة"
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"lang_code": "hy",
"roman": "snahavatutʻyun",
"sense": "a belief considered irrational, unfounded, or guided by fear and ignorance",
"word": "սնահավատություն"
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"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"lang_code": "az",
"sense": "a belief considered irrational, unfounded, or guided by fear and ignorance",
"word": "mövhumat"
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"sense": "a belief considered irrational, unfounded, or guided by fear and ignorance",
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"roman": "xörəfət",
"sense": "a belief considered irrational, unfounded, or guided by fear and ignorance",
"word": "хөрәфәт"
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"code": "eu",
"lang": "Basque",
"lang_code": "eu",
"sense": "a belief considered irrational, unfounded, or guided by fear and ignorance",
"word": "sineskeria"
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"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"lang_code": "be",
"roman": "zababóny",
"sense": "a belief considered irrational, unfounded, or guided by fear and ignorance",
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"plural"
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"word": "забабо́ны"
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"lang": "Bengali",
"lang_code": "bn",
"roman": "kuśoṅskar",
"sense": "a belief considered irrational, unfounded, or guided by fear and ignorance",
"word": "কুসংস্কার"
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"_dis1": "99 1",
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"lang": "Bulgarian",
"lang_code": "bg",
"roman": "suevérie",
"sense": "a belief considered irrational, unfounded, or guided by fear and ignorance",
"tags": [
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"lang": "Burmese",
"lang_code": "my",
"roman": "a.yusany:hkrang:",
"sense": "a belief considered irrational, unfounded, or guided by fear and ignorance",
"word": "အယူသည်းခြင်း"
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"lang_code": "ca",
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"_dis1": "99 1",
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"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"lang_code": "cmn",
"roman": "míxìn",
"sense": "a belief considered irrational, unfounded, or guided by fear and ignorance",
"word": "迷信"
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"lang": "Cornish",
"lang_code": "kw",
"sense": "a belief considered irrational, unfounded, or guided by fear and ignorance",
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"word": "hegoledh"
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"lang_code": "cs",
"sense": "a belief considered irrational, unfounded, or guided by fear and ignorance",
"tags": [
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"word": "pověra"
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"_dis1": "99 1",
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"lang_code": "da",
"sense": "a belief considered irrational, unfounded, or guided by fear and ignorance",
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"sense": "a belief considered irrational, unfounded, or guided by fear and ignorance",
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"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"lang_code": "et",
"sense": "a belief considered irrational, unfounded, or guided by fear and ignorance",
"word": "ebausk"
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"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "a belief considered irrational, unfounded, or guided by fear and ignorance",
"word": "taikausko"
},
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"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"lang_code": "fr",
"sense": "a belief considered irrational, unfounded, or guided by fear and ignorance",
"tags": [
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"word": "superstition"
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"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"lang_code": "gl",
"sense": "a belief considered irrational, unfounded, or guided by fear and ignorance",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "superstición"
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"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"lang_code": "ka",
"roman": "crurc̣mena",
"sense": "a belief considered irrational, unfounded, or guided by fear and ignorance",
"word": "ცრურწმენა"
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"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "de",
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"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "a belief considered irrational, unfounded, or guided by fear and ignorance",
"tags": [
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"word": "Aberglaube"
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"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"lang_code": "el",
"roman": "deisidaimonía",
"sense": "a belief considered irrational, unfounded, or guided by fear and ignorance",
"tags": [
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"word": "δεισιδαιμονία"
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"roman": "prólipsi",
"sense": "a belief considered irrational, unfounded, or guided by fear and ignorance",
"tags": [
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"word": "πρόληψη"
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"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"lang_code": "he",
"roman": "emuná t'felá",
"sense": "a belief considered irrational, unfounded, or guided by fear and ignorance",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "אֱמוּנָה תְּפֵלָה"
},
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"_dis1": "99 1",
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"lang": "Hindi",
"lang_code": "hi",
"roman": "andhviśvās",
"sense": "a belief considered irrational, unfounded, or guided by fear and ignorance",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "अंधविश्वास"
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"_dis1": "99 1",
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"lang": "Hungarian",
"lang_code": "hu",
"sense": "a belief considered irrational, unfounded, or guided by fear and ignorance",
"word": "babona"
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"_dis1": "99 1",
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"lang_code": "is",
"sense": "a belief considered irrational, unfounded, or guided by fear and ignorance",
"tags": [
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"word": "hjátrú"
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"_dis1": "99 1",
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"lang_code": "is",
"sense": "a belief considered irrational, unfounded, or guided by fear and ignorance",
"tags": [
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"word": "hindurvitni"
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"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"lang_code": "is",
"sense": "a belief considered irrational, unfounded, or guided by fear and ignorance",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "hégilja"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"lang_code": "is",
"sense": "a belief considered irrational, unfounded, or guided by fear and ignorance",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "bábilja"
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"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"lang_code": "id",
"sense": "a belief considered irrational, unfounded, or guided by fear and ignorance",
"word": "takhayul"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"lang_code": "id",
"sense": "a belief considered irrational, unfounded, or guided by fear and ignorance",
"word": "khurafat"
},
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"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"lang_code": "ga",
"sense": "a belief considered irrational, unfounded, or guided by fear and ignorance",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "baothchreideamh"
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"_dis1": "99 1",
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"english": "superstititious belief of practice",
"lang": "Irish",
"lang_code": "ga",
"sense": "a belief considered irrational, unfounded, or guided by fear and ignorance",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"translation": "superstititious belief of practice",
"word": "piseog"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"lang_code": "it",
"sense": "a belief considered irrational, unfounded, or guided by fear and ignorance",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "superstizione"
},
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"_dis1": "99 1",
"alt": "めいしん",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"lang_code": "ja",
"roman": "meishin",
"sense": "a belief considered irrational, unfounded, or guided by fear and ignorance",
"word": "迷信"
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"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "xal",
"lang": "Kalmyk",
"lang_code": "xal",
"roman": "yor",
"sense": "a belief considered irrational, unfounded, or guided by fear and ignorance",
"word": "йор"
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"_dis1": "99 1",
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"lang": "Kapampangan",
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"sense": "a belief considered irrational, unfounded, or guided by fear and ignorance",
"word": "ariya"
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"roman": "yrym",
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"word": "ырым"
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"lang_code": "kk",
"roman": "yrymşyldyq",
"sense": "a belief considered irrational, unfounded, or guided by fear and ignorance",
"word": "ырымшылдық"
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"lang_code": "km",
"roman": "ʼɑɑpbəycumnɨə",
"sense": "a belief considered irrational, unfounded, or guided by fear and ignorance",
"word": "អប្បិយជំនឿ"
},
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"_dis1": "99 1",
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"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"lang_code": "ko",
"roman": "misin",
"sense": "a belief considered irrational, unfounded, or guided by fear and ignorance",
"word": "미신"
},
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"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "ky",
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"roman": "ırım-jırım",
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"word": "ырым-жырым"
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"tags": [
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"sense": "a belief considered irrational, unfounded, or guided by fear and ignorance",
"word": "māņticība"
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"sense": "a belief considered irrational, unfounded, or guided by fear and ignorance",
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"word": "prietaras"
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"sense": "a belief considered irrational, unfounded, or guided by fear and ignorance",
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"word": "Awerglawen"
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"roman": "sueverie",
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"word": "суеверие"
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"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"lang_code": "ml",
"roman": "andhaviśvāsaṁ",
"sense": "a belief considered irrational, unfounded, or guided by fear and ignorance",
"word": "അന്ധവിശ്വാസം"
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"_dis1": "99 1",
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"sense": "a belief considered irrational, unfounded, or guided by fear and ignorance",
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"word": "superstizzjoni"
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"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Māori",
"lang_code": "mi",
"sense": "a belief considered irrational, unfounded, or guided by fear and ignorance",
"word": "whakataputaputanga"
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"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"lang_code": "mn",
"roman": "muxar süseg",
"sense": "a belief considered irrational, unfounded, or guided by fear and ignorance",
"word": "мухар сүсэг"
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"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"lang_code": "nrf",
"sense": "a belief considered irrational, unfounded, or guided by fear and ignorance",
"tags": [
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"word": "supèrstition"
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"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"lang_code": "no",
"sense": "a belief considered irrational, unfounded, or guided by fear and ignorance",
"word": "overtro"
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"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"lang_code": "oc",
"sense": "a belief considered irrational, unfounded, or guided by fear and ignorance",
"tags": [
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"word": "supersticion"
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"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"lang_code": "ang",
"sense": "a belief considered irrational, unfounded, or guided by fear and ignorance",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "æfgælþ"
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"roman": "xerāfāt",
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"word": "خرافات"
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"_dis1": "99 1",
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"roman": "mawhumparastí",
"sense": "a belief considered irrational, unfounded, or guided by fear and ignorance",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "موهوم پرستي"
},
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"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"lang_code": "fa",
"roman": "xorâfe",
"sense": "a belief considered irrational, unfounded, or guided by fear and ignorance",
"word": "خرافه"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"lang_code": "fa",
"roman": "mowhumât",
"sense": "a belief considered irrational, unfounded, or guided by fear and ignorance",
"word": "موهومات"
},
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"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"lang_code": "fa",
"roman": "xorâfât",
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"word": "Äwagloowen"
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"lang_code": "pl",
"sense": "a belief considered irrational, unfounded, or guided by fear and ignorance",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "przesąd"
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"lang_code": "pl",
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"tags": [
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"word": "zabobon"
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"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"lang_code": "pt",
"sense": "a belief considered irrational, unfounded, or guided by fear and ignorance",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "superstição"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"lang_code": "ro",
"sense": "a belief considered irrational, unfounded, or guided by fear and ignorance",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "superstiție"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "sujevérije",
"sense": "a belief considered irrational, unfounded, or guided by fear and ignorance",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "суеве́рие"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "pristrástije",
"sense": "a belief considered irrational, unfounded, or guided by fear and ignorance",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "пристра́стие"
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{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "predrassúdok",
"sense": "a belief considered irrational, unfounded, or guided by fear and ignorance",
"tags": [
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"feminine"
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"word": "supèrstition"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"lang_code": "no",
"sense": "a belief considered irrational, unfounded, or guided by fear and ignorance",
"word": "overtro"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"lang_code": "oc",
"sense": "a belief considered irrational, unfounded, or guided by fear and ignorance",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "supersticion"
},
{
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"lang_code": "ang",
"sense": "a belief considered irrational, unfounded, or guided by fear and ignorance",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "æfgælþ"
},
{
"code": "ps",
"lang": "Pashto",
"lang_code": "ps",
"roman": "xerāfāt",
"sense": "a belief considered irrational, unfounded, or guided by fear and ignorance",
"tags": [
"plural"
],
"word": "خرافات"
},
{
"code": "ps",
"lang": "Pashto",
"lang_code": "ps",
"roman": "mawhumparastí",
"sense": "a belief considered irrational, unfounded, or guided by fear and ignorance",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "موهوم پرستي"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"lang_code": "fa",
"roman": "xorâfe",
"sense": "a belief considered irrational, unfounded, or guided by fear and ignorance",
"word": "خرافه"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"lang_code": "fa",
"roman": "mowhumât",
"sense": "a belief considered irrational, unfounded, or guided by fear and ignorance",
"word": "موهومات"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"lang_code": "fa",
"roman": "xorâfât",
"sense": "a belief considered irrational, unfounded, or guided by fear and ignorance",
"word": "خرافات"
},
{
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"lang_code": "pdt",
"sense": "a belief considered irrational, unfounded, or guided by fear and ignorance",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Äwagloowen"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"lang_code": "pl",
"sense": "a belief considered irrational, unfounded, or guided by fear and ignorance",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "przesąd"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"lang_code": "pl",
"sense": "a belief considered irrational, unfounded, or guided by fear and ignorance",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "zabobon"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"lang_code": "pt",
"sense": "a belief considered irrational, unfounded, or guided by fear and ignorance",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "superstição"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"lang_code": "ro",
"sense": "a belief considered irrational, unfounded, or guided by fear and ignorance",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "superstiție"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "sujevérije",
"sense": "a belief considered irrational, unfounded, or guided by fear and ignorance",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "суеве́рие"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "pristrástije",
"sense": "a belief considered irrational, unfounded, or guided by fear and ignorance",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "пристра́стие"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "predrassúdok",
"sense": "a belief considered irrational, unfounded, or guided by fear and ignorance",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "предрассу́док"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "povérʹje",
"sense": "a belief considered irrational, unfounded, or guided by fear and ignorance",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "пове́рье"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"lang_code": "gd",
"sense": "a belief considered irrational, unfounded, or guided by fear and ignorance",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "saobh-chràbhadh"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"lang_code": "sh",
"sense": "a belief considered irrational, unfounded, or guided by fear and ignorance",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"neuter"
],
"word": "празноверје n/празновјерје"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"lang_code": "sh",
"sense": "a belief considered irrational, unfounded, or guided by fear and ignorance",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "празноверица f/празновјерица"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"lang_code": "sh",
"sense": "a belief considered irrational, unfounded, or guided by fear and ignorance",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"neuter"
],
"word": "сујеверје n/сујевјерје"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"lang_code": "sh",
"sense": "a belief considered irrational, unfounded, or guided by fear and ignorance",
"tags": [
"Latin",
"neuter"
],
"word": "prȁznovjērje"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"lang_code": "sh",
"sense": "a belief considered irrational, unfounded, or guided by fear and ignorance",
"tags": [
"Latin",
"feminine"
],
"word": "praznòvjerica"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"lang_code": "sh",
"sense": "a belief considered irrational, unfounded, or guided by fear and ignorance",
"tags": [
"Latin",
"neuter"
],
"word": "sȕjevjērje"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"lang_code": "sk",
"sense": "a belief considered irrational, unfounded, or guided by fear and ignorance",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "povera"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"lang_code": "sl",
"sense": "a belief considered irrational, unfounded, or guided by fear and ignorance",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "praznoverje"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"lang_code": "sl",
"sense": "a belief considered irrational, unfounded, or guided by fear and ignorance",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "vraževerje"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "a belief considered irrational, unfounded, or guided by fear and ignorance",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "superstición"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"lang_code": "sv",
"sense": "a belief considered irrational, unfounded, or guided by fear and ignorance",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "skrock"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"lang_code": "sv",
"sense": "a belief considered irrational, unfounded, or guided by fear and ignorance",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "vidskepelse"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"lang_code": "sv",
"sense": "a belief considered irrational, unfounded, or guided by fear and ignorance",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "övertro"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"lang_code": "tl",
"sense": "a belief considered irrational, unfounded, or guided by fear and ignorance",
"word": "pamahiin"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"lang_code": "tl",
"sense": "a belief considered irrational, unfounded, or guided by fear and ignorance",
"word": "erehiya"
},
{
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"lang_code": "tg",
"roman": "xurofot",
"sense": "a belief considered irrational, unfounded, or guided by fear and ignorance",
"word": "хурофот"
},
{
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"lang_code": "tg",
"roman": "mavhumat",
"sense": "a belief considered irrational, unfounded, or guided by fear and ignorance",
"word": "мавҳумат"
},
{
"code": "tt",
"lang": "Tatar",
"lang_code": "tt",
"roman": "xorafat",
"sense": "a belief considered irrational, unfounded, or guided by fear and ignorance",
"word": "хорафат"
},
{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"lang_code": "te",
"roman": "mūḍha nammakamu",
"sense": "a belief considered irrational, unfounded, or guided by fear and ignorance",
"word": "మూఢ నమ్మకము"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"lang_code": "th",
"roman": "sǎi-yá-sàat",
"sense": "a belief considered irrational, unfounded, or guided by fear and ignorance",
"word": "ไสยศาสตร์"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"lang_code": "th",
"sense": "a belief considered irrational, unfounded, or guided by fear and ignorance",
"word": "ไสยเวท"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"lang_code": "th",
"sense": "a belief considered irrational, unfounded, or guided by fear and ignorance",
"word": "ความเชื่องมงาย"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"lang_code": "th",
"sense": "a belief considered irrational, unfounded, or guided by fear and ignorance",
"word": "ความเชื่อโชคลาง"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"lang_code": "tr",
"sense": "a belief considered irrational, unfounded, or guided by fear and ignorance",
"word": "batıl inanç"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"lang_code": "tr",
"sense": "a belief considered irrational, unfounded, or guided by fear and ignorance",
"word": "hurafe"
},
{
"code": "tk",
"lang": "Turkmen",
"lang_code": "tk",
"sense": "a belief considered irrational, unfounded, or guided by fear and ignorance",
"word": "yrym"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"lang_code": "uk",
"roman": "zabobón",
"sense": "a belief considered irrational, unfounded, or guided by fear and ignorance",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "забобо́н"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"lang_code": "ur",
"roman": "xurāfat",
"sense": "a belief considered irrational, unfounded, or guided by fear and ignorance",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "خرافت"
},
{
"code": "ug",
"lang": "Uyghur",
"lang_code": "ug",
"roman": "xurapat",
"sense": "a belief considered irrational, unfounded, or guided by fear and ignorance",
"word": "خۇراپات"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"lang_code": "uz",
"sense": "a belief considered irrational, unfounded, or guided by fear and ignorance",
"word": "irim"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"lang_code": "uz",
"sense": "a belief considered irrational, unfounded, or guided by fear and ignorance",
"word": "xurofot"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"lang_code": "uz",
"sense": "a belief considered irrational, unfounded, or guided by fear and ignorance",
"word": "irim-chirim"
},
{
"alt": "迷信",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"lang_code": "vi",
"sense": "a belief considered irrational, unfounded, or guided by fear and ignorance",
"word": "mê tín"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"lang_code": "vi",
"sense": "a belief considered irrational, unfounded, or guided by fear and ignorance",
"word": "sự mê tín"
},
{
"code": "vo",
"lang": "Volapük",
"lang_code": "vo",
"sense": "a belief considered irrational, unfounded, or guided by fear and ignorance",
"word": "lukred"
},
{
"code": "wa",
"lang": "Walloon",
"lang_code": "wa",
"sense": "a belief considered irrational, unfounded, or guided by fear and ignorance",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "doûce creyance"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"lang_code": "cy",
"sense": "a belief considered irrational, unfounded, or guided by fear and ignorance",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ofergoel"
}
],
"word": "superstition"
}
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