δεισιδαιμονία

A. fear of the gods, religious feeling, Plb. 6.56.7, Phld. Herc. 1251.10, CIG 2737b11 (Aphrodisias), D.S. 1.70, etc.; ἡ τῶν θεῶν δ. Id. 11.89.

2. in bad sense, superstition, Thphr. Char. 16, Plb. 12.24.5; ἡ πρὸς τὰ ζῷα δ. D.S. 1.83; περὶ Δεισιδαιμονίας, title of work by Plu.