迷信
めいしん
superstition; superstitious belief
JLPT N2 Common word
Meanings
Noun
superstition; superstitious belief
Example sentences
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I have no faith in a silly superstition.
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Lots of superstitions are still believed in.
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They overcame many inveterate superstitions.
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Such a ridiculous superstition no longer exists.
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This superstition still lingers on among them.
More examples (6)
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He believes in the superstition that 13 is an unlucky number.
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She was superstitious, as the people of that period usually were.
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"Where's that superstition from?" "Call it folk wisdom."
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You still believe that superstition about cutting your nails at night?
迷信というのは、偶然はただの偶然なのだと、人間が理解できないことから生じる。
Superstitions derive from the inability of men to acknowledge that coincidences are merely coincidences.
教育に関する大きな迷信の一つは子供は人から教えてもらうことによって学ぶということである。
One of the great superstitions about education is that learning is the result of teaching.