Superstition
Superstition
Superstition (/ˌsuːpərˈstɪʃən/) is a belief or practice resulting from ignorance, fear of the unknown, trust in magic or chance, or a false conception of causation. It is commonly applied to beliefs and practices surrounding luck, prophecy, and certain spiritual beings, particularly the belief that future events can be foretold by specific unrelated prior events.
Etymology
The term superstition is derived from the Latin superstitio, which originally meant standing over or standing still, but came to mean dread, fear or awe. It was used in the sense of an unreasonable fear of the gods or unreasonable religious belief, as opposed to religio, the proper, reasonable awe of the gods.
Related Terms
- Magic (supernatural): The application of beliefs, rituals or actions employed in the belief that they can subdue or manipulate natural or supernatural beings and forces. It is often distinguished from religion, science, and other cultural practices.
- Luck: A phenomenon and belief that defines the experience of notably positive, negative, or improbable events.
- Prophecy: A message that is claimed by a prophet to have been communicated to them by a deity.
- Spiritual beings: Non-physical beings or entities that exist in various religious, mythological, and philosophical traditions.
- Religion: A social-cultural system of designated behaviors and practices, morals, beliefs, worldviews, texts, sanctified places, prophecies, ethics, or organizations, that relates humanity to supernatural, transcendental, and spiritual elements.
- Causation: The relation between an event (the cause) and a second event (the effect), where the second event is understood as a consequence of the first.
External links
- Medical encyclopedia article on Superstition
- Wikipedia's article - Superstition
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