noun excessive nicety; scrupulous exactness.
2. superstition ·noun an excessive reverence for, or fear of, that which is unknown or mysterious.
3. superstition ·noun the worship of a false god or gods; false religion; religious veneration for objects.
4. superstition ·noun belief in the direct agency of superior powers in certain extraordinary or singular events, or in magic, omens, prognostics, or the like.
5. superstition ·noun an ignorant or irrational worship of the supreme deity; excessive exactness or rigor in religious opinions or practice; extreme and unnecessary scruples in the observance of religious rites not commanded, or of points of minor importance; also, a rite or practice proceeding from excess of sculptures in religion.