Assertion: divination | /r/HasProperty | dismissed by scientific community
Facets:
value: often
type: TEMPORAL
value: as being mere superstition
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: Divination is often dismissed by sceptics, including the scientific community, as being mere superstition.
text: Divination is often dismissed by skeptics, including the scientific community, as being mere superstition: in the 2nd century, Lucian devoted a witty essay to the career of a charlatan, Alexander the false prophet, trained by "one of those who advertise enchantments, miraculous incantations, charms for your love-affairs, visitations for your enemies, disclosures of buried treasure, and successions to estates", though most Romans believed in dreams and charms.
text: Divination is often dismissed by skeptics, including the scientific community, as being mere superstition: in the 2nd century, Lucian devoted a witty essay to the career of a charlatan, Alexander the false prophet, trained by "one of those who advertise enchantments, miraculous incantations, charms for your love-affairs, visitations for your enemies, disclosures of buried treasure, and successions to estates" , though most Romans believed in dreams and charms.