aberglaube

Etymology

From German Aberglaube.

aberglaube means superstition. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.

noun

superstition“Or, to put it otherwise yet once again: if truth and fidelity are the religion of the critic, the incidental creations of his glowing mind are his aberglaube — his “extra-belief”; and it has been known for these products of critical enthusiasm to exceed in value the texts in which they germinated.”