superstitious

1. 1.

   showing ignorance of the laws of nature and faith in magic or chance

   “finally realized that the horror he felt was superstitious in origin”

   Similarirrational

Questions about superstitious

What does superstitious mean?

superstitious means "showing ignorance of the laws of nature and faith in magic or chance".

How many syllables are in superstitious?

superstitious has 4 syllables: su-per-stit-ious. The stress falls on "stit". In IPA it is /ˌsupɚˈstɪʃəs/.

Is superstitious a common word?

superstitious is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.