What does superstitious mean?
Superstitious means Susceptible to superstitions..
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/ˌs(j)uː.pəˈstɪ.ʃəs/ · adjective
Susceptible to superstitions..
Ignorant and ſuperſtitious wretches meaſure the actions of letterd and philoſophical men by the tattle of their nurſes or illiterate parents and companions, or by the faſhion of the country : and people of differing religions judge and condemn each other by their own tenents ; when both of them cannot be in the right, and it is well if either of them are.
Use superstitious when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Superstitious means Susceptible to superstitions..
Common synonyms include freety, irrational.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Ignorant and ſuperſtitious wretches meaſure the actions of letterd and philoſophical men by the tattle of their nurſes or illiterate parents and companions, or by the faſhion of the country : and people of differing religions judge and condemn each other by their own tenents ; when both of them cannot be in the right, and it is well if either of them are.
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