English Explanatory Dictionary

hyperstitious

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Pertaining to hyperstitions, cultural self-fulfilling prophecies.
  2. Exceptionally susceptible to superstitions (beliefs, not based on reason, that behavior can magically influence events).

Word forms

hyperstitious

Etymology

hyper- + superstitious, replacing the super- element with the more intense hyper-.

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