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Example sentences for: superstition

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Although Grille (in Grillen im Kopf haben) means, quite correctly, cricket in its first and literal meaning, and strange and surprising idea in its figurative sense, it ought to be mentioned that there is a direct, traceable link between the two: Grille acquired its figurative sense in the 16th century when—at least in Germany—the superstition prevailed that the demons of illness appeared in the guise of an insect.
Millions of retirees and middle-aged women do it, and officials say that's fine, as long as they do it for "health purposes" and not to "promote superstition, spread rumors, engage in sedition, destroy social order or hold mass assemblies."
Michael Novak, a theologian at the American Enterprise Institute, sums up the basic premise of this approach, saying that without lively attention to reason, Judaism and Christianity fall into sentimentality, superstition, and self-parody.
The often important factor of taboo seems not to operate here too conspicuously, although the superstition of the evil eye is often a potent consideration.
This is also the capital’s most fascinating religious site, a place of superstition and incense, mystery and spirited worship.