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Superstition

A superstition is any belief or practice considered by non-practitioners to be irrational or supernatural. It is commonly applied to beliefs and practices surrounding luck, fate, magic, amulets, astrology, fortune telling, spirits, and certain paranormal entities, particularly the belief that future events can be foretold by specific unrelated prior events.

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Superstitionis adeviation of religious feeling and of the practices this feeling imposes0.90text
particular animal behaviorsinstance ofwhereas the signs category constitutes signs0.80text
Staddoninstance ofHe then extended this as a proposition regarding the nature of superstitious behavior in humans.Skinner's theory regarding superstition being the nature of the pigeons' behaviou…0.80text
Simmelhaginstance ofHe then extended this as a proposition regarding the nature of superstitious behavior in humans.Skinner's theory regarding superstition being the nature of the pigeons' behaviou…0.80text
who theorised an alternative explanation for the pigeons' behaviour.Despite challenges to Skinner's interpretation of the root of his pigeons' superstitious behaviourinstance ofHe then extended this as a proposition regarding the nature of superstitious behavior in humans.Skinner's theory regarding superstition being the nature of the pigeons' behaviou…0.80text
his conception of the reinforcement schedule has been used to explain superstitious behaviour in humansinstance ofHe then extended this as a proposition regarding the nature of superstitious behavior in humans.Skinner's theory regarding superstition being the nature of the pigeons' behaviou…0.80text
Superstitionrelated to Alternative religious beliefs as superstitionReligious0.60section
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Superstitionrelated to Alternative religious beliefs as superstitionLatin0.60section
Superstitionrelated to Alternative religious beliefs as superstitionGreek0.60section
Superstitionrelated to Alternative religious beliefs as superstitionRoman0.60section

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