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Henry has been told all his life that he is more than mortal, and Mr. Parker conveys the fretful superstitiousness, as well as the narcissism, that such status confers.

From New York Times • Jan. 22, 2014

Judge Lam was unpersuaded by the romance, and wrote in his decision that Mr. Chan had for years been exploiting Ms. Wang's superstitiousness and desperation to find her kidnapped husband by offering feng shui expertise.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 3, 2010

They include, first, the superstitiousness, second, the conservatism, third, the self-sufficiency, and lastly the familism of the people.

From Armenian Legends and Festivals by Boettiger, Louis A.

Now first this night was Pierre made aware of what, in the superstitiousness of his rapt enthusiasm, he could not help believing was an extraordinary physical magnetism in Isabel.

From Pierre; or The Ambiguities by Melville, Herman

And when it comes to be a case of parents, then there's no bounds whatever to their superstitiousness.

From The Dramatic Works of Gerhart Hauptmann Volume I by Hauptmann, Gerhart