"That's an old wives tale, nothing more then a superstition!" This could be one, hope it helped.
The word superstition is in the dictionary.
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I've heard of a superstition that mermaids are real and that they kill marine animals for food.
The word superstition is normally a noun. For instance, in the sentence "Molly has a superstition about black cats," the word is a noun. You could also say "Molly has a superstitious fear of black cats," where "superstitious" is an adjective describing the word fear. The only case I can think of where superstition would be an adjective would be something where you were talking about the Superstition Mountains in Arizona.
Superstition has it that a black cat crossing your path is an omen of ill fortune.
The word "superstition" also exists in French.
The adjective for the word "superstition" is "superstitious." It describes a belief or practice that is based on superstition or an irrational fear of the unknown. For example, one might refer to a superstitious person or superstitious beliefs.
He cultivated a certain fatalism, a grain of superstition
i know a person who has a superstition about black cats, she thinks they are bad luckexamples of superstitions:it's bad luck to walk under a ladderyou get 7 years bad luck if you break a mirrorhorse shoes are good luckfour leaf clovers are good luckthrowing salt over your right shoulder is good luckA sentence could be:My friend has a superstition about mirrors, if they crack they give you bad luck.
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They turned to superstition as well as religion to explain away the causes.