numerophobic

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From numero- +‎ -philic.

Adjective[edit]

numerophobic (comparative more numerophobic, superlative most numerophobic)

  1. (rare) Affected by numerophobia; having a hatred or fear or numbers.
    Antonym: numerophilic
    • 2010, Jan H.F. Meyer, Ray Land, Caroline Baillie, Threshold Concepts and Transformational Learning, Brill Publishers, →ISBN, page 161:
      Subsequently, successful changes were made to teaching modes and content to enable the numerophobic students to approach both basic and threshold concepts without encountering explanations filled with confusing numbers or formulae.
    • 2013, David L. Streiner, A Guide for the Statistically Perplexed, University of Toronto Press, →ISBN, page 163:
      This problem worsens as we add more variables (for example, whether or not either parent is numerophobic) or look at more levels of each variable.
    • 2014, Jane Cafarella, A New Life Journal, Author Solutions, →ISBN, page 206:
      "The aim of these dolls is to revert the stereotype that women are numerophobic, computer-illiterate and academically challenged," wrote the anonymous Internet user.
    • 2016 February 24, Shephali Bhatt, “What went wrong with Snapdeal's social media post to #HelpFindDipti”, in The Economic Times[1], archived from the original on 2023-01-06:
      By that time, the Twitterverse had recorded at least 108 original tweets, 25 message tweets, and 400 retweets, with a reach of 10,05,575 users (Analytics by Hashtracking.com). For the numerophobic, let's say the hashtag more than just 'trended'.

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