He would do anything, anything, to break what he calls the superstition of the Cross. From Wordnik.com. [The Innocence of Father Brown] Reference
He hates what he calls superstition, and I fancy has curiosity enough not to object to a search. From Wordnik.com. [Donal Grant, by George MacDonald] Reference
Considering that Dawkins himself equate theism with belief in fairies, I don't think the term "superstition" is too harsh. From Wordnik.com. [British Centre for Science Education, winner of the Henry Rollins Award] Reference
"You laugh," he said, "but the active force of a superstition -- what we call a superstition -- is sometimes a terrible thing.". From Wordnik.com. [Brood of the Witch-Queen] Reference
Ms. Warren admits to a certain superstition about the Cave. From Wordnik.com. [A Chart-Topping Cave Dweller] Reference
Distrust of money, based on envy and superstition, is old and deep. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-02-01] Reference
Now, no matter what, some silly superstition is going to be reinforced. From Wordnik.com. [Fortune Cookies Revisited - Freakonomics Blog - NYTimes.com] Reference
Moreover, superstition is actually a survival tactic, and a very effective one. From Wordnik.com. [10 sci-fi technologies that just might happen « 10 Dots] Reference
The ideas advanced by the papers foster superstition; and superstition is the devil. From Wordnik.com. [The Filigree Ball] Reference
Ancient folklore mixed with medieval superstition is not a rational basis for social policy. From Wordnik.com. [DC Mayor to sign same sex marriage bill] Reference
That becoming hysterical when one particular superstition is hard to implement is ridiculous. From Wordnik.com. [October 2004] Reference
The program of advancing materialism against supernaturalism and superstition is clearly a necessary one. From Wordnik.com. [A New Book] Reference
Most of all, being serious about a superstition is not the same as being serious about the problem at hand. From Wordnik.com. [October 2004] Reference
But the superstition is not local: we have the Sortes Virgilianae (Virgil being a magician) as well as Coranicae. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night] Reference
It reveals a people so steeped in superstition and self-deception, that they were no match for a man like Cortes. From Wordnik.com. [The Aztecs speak - part 4] Reference
I try hard not to believe in superstition, or lucky guns, lucky socks, hats, shirts, whatever, but sometimes I wonder. From Wordnik.com. [Bourjaily on Lucky Guns] Reference
Myrtle had a tinge of what some call superstition, and she began to look upon her strange acquisition as a kind of amulet. From Wordnik.com. [The Guardian Angel] Reference
All other talk, about Celtic frenzy or Catholic superstition, is cant invented to deceive himself or to deceive the world. From Wordnik.com. [What I Saw in America] Reference
This survival of old superstition is unknown to missionary “Handbooks,” but amply deserves the study of the anthropologist. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night] Reference
What a magnificent hecatomb has been the nation's offering, not by compulsion, not in superstition, but in solemn, rational, heroic joy!. From Wordnik.com. [Death, the Law of Life] Reference
But beyond mindfulness, I believe a studied superstition is more interesting than a fully-modernized lifestyle, free of ritual and meaning. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-04-01] Reference
If you mean by following his wife, why, they may be right after all, and what we call superstition the veriest truth. ". From Wordnik.com. [The Pagans] Reference
He found another source of strength in German superstition. From Wordnik.com. [PG Edition of Netherlands series — Complete] Reference
Every so-called superstition preserves or extends natural order. From Wordnik.com. [Tom Doctoroff: The China Code: From Robotic Depersonalization to Epic Ambition] Reference
Altogether there is quite enough of what I will call superstition at sea. From Wordnik.com. [The South Pole; an account of the Norwegian antarctic expedition in the "Fram," 1910-1912 — Volume 2] Reference
This is called superstition: anxiety about what will happen to us after we die. From Wordnik.com. [Sermons for the Times] Reference
To-day the science of the present is coming to the rescue of the so-called superstition of the past. From Wordnik.com. [Palmistry for All] Reference
There is an editorial tradition -- it might almost be termed a superstition -- which I think will have to be abandoned. From Wordnik.com. [Complete Essays] Reference
A superstition is a belief, usually expressed in authoritative terms for which there is no factual or scientific basis. From Wordnik.com. [How's Your Bull**it Detector?] Reference
Voltaire called superstition "The Infamy," and he summoned the thinkers of the world to crush it beneath a heel of scorn. From Wordnik.com. [Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great Philosophers, Volume 8] Reference
And this was so clear that superstition, which is of all things the most infectious, began to shake the young man's resolution. From Wordnik.com. [The Long Night] Reference
There exists in the region of Montfermeil a very ancient superstition, which is all the more curious and all the more precious, because. From Wordnik.com. [Les Misérables] Reference
It's surprising, since until recently, worshipping Mazu was officially classified as superstition and banned - now, all that has changed. From Wordnik.com. [China's Leaders Harness Folk Religion For Their Aims] Reference
He is naturally inclined, he says, 'to that which misguided zeal terms superstition,' and would show his respect rather than his unbelief. From Wordnik.com. [Hours in a Library, Volume I. (of III.)] Reference
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