superstition
batıl inanç
definition
noun
he dismissed the ghost stories as mere superstition
excessively credulous belief in and reverence for supernatural beings.
translation of 'superstition'
noun
batıl itikat,
hurafe,
boş inanç,
batıl inanç
example
We have become conditioned to expect certain things in a genre film, and anyone who comes at this one expecting big scares could easily miss its philosophical questioning of 'superstition' and religion, and find himself or herself bored.
There's also a lot of folly, 'superstition' and craziness, but I like to concentrate on the energy and resilience aspect of it.
she touched her locket for luck, a 'superstition' she'd had since childhood
On the one hand it was a repository for formalized 'superstition' ; on the other it stood ready for interpretational abuse in criminology, eugenics, ethnography, and the construction of racial stereotypes.
he dismissed the ghost stories as mere 'superstition'
By opting for a courtroom setting, it not only dramatises the conflict between rationalism and religion, psychiatry and 'superstition' , but also pretends to give both sides an equal hearing.
While primal drums beat, village women dance around a flaming bonfire bearing icons, turning to 'superstition' to lift the ‘dark curse’ that sent torrential floods.
You'd say what seems to be on the rise is not art or science, but religion and the medievalism of 'superstition' and the tyranny of who owns whose soul and the soul of what nation.
The Symphony No 9, or the Choral, had such an enormous impact that a 'superstition' sprung up among subsequent composers that it tempted fate to venture beyond nine symphonies, the number at which Beethoven laid down his pen.
Towards the end of the film, when an altercation with the earnest young locksmith erupts abruptly into violence, he retreats into religious 'superstition' as a means of rationalising a seemingly inexplicable plot development.
The film gives us unusually authentic-seeming pictures of village life and ritual, and invests the people with a certain dignity and sensibility, even if ultimately they prefer 'superstition' and fear to science.
Reason has not, and will not, ever completely displace man's belief in the unknown, be it in religion or 'superstition' .
he dismissed the ghost stories as mere 'superstition'
Life on the set is pervaded by what the uninvolved might well view as 'superstition' .
It's a Hoodoo tale, which means it features the peculiar magical practices that combine voodoo with Louisiana black arts culled from Tahiti, Native American, and slave 'superstition' .
The document further calls on government departments to make a finer distinction between religion and 'superstition' so that people can worship religion without interference.
she touched her locket for luck, a 'superstition' she had had since childhood
The cloak of organizational rationality is lifted to reveal sorcery, 'superstition' , and the suspicion of witchcraft.
In an atmosphere of control and 'superstition' , the boy is something of a rebel and misfit - going where he shouldn't go, always testing the boundaries of what he's allowed to say or do.
He deployed the erudition that made his work a source-book of historical and religious criticism in a humane and enquiring spirit, impatient of credulity, 'superstition' , and intolerance.
While liberation from 'superstition' and autocratic oppression is the great legacy of the Enlightenment, to perpetuate the repression of all spiritual expression in the name of reason is to continue to deny our innate being.
During the centuries of 'superstition' and feudalism following Athens's downfall, free speech was barely considered as an idea.
It was the era of the big set-piece battles between science and religion, between 'superstition' and modernity, between medicine and fate, between madness and psychotherapy.
At one point, he sits straight up because he thinks he hears two screech owls, which is a 'superstition' that says bad luck is coming.
He also claimed that Philosophy alone douses the flames of 'superstition' .
It is a windy day, and the church is barely three-quarters full, indicating, the narrator tells us, the general loss of religious fervor in the city, where 'superstition' has replaced religion.
I also liked the ‘behind the scenes’ aspect of the presentation, which showed in some detail the various training regimens and assorted 'superstitions' to which players seem to adhere.
I uncovered lots more money 'superstitions' , including embedding silver coins in Christmas puddings, the tooth fairy, and the fact that actors are superstitious about using real money on stage.
He's coming from the western part of medieval Europe, from the larger cities and armies, and at first he can't help but make fun out of the small villages and local 'superstitions' .
Laughing at the housekeeper's 'superstitions' , the priest tells the barber to hand him a book at a time; because, they might find some that do not deserve burning.
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