Excessively credulous belief in and reverence for supernatural beings.
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There is more than one kind of superstitious belief. Some superstitions are merely fossilized forms of beliefs and practices from older, suppressed religions, for example believing that circling anti-clockwise ( or "widdershins" ) brings bad luck. Other, newer superstitions are often derived from the winning religion, for example the belief that Friday the Thirteenth is an unlucky day. There are also entirely secular superstitions, for example, the Reaganomic "trickle-down" notion that giving more money to the rich will benefit society.