What does dodecaphobia mean?
Dodecaphobia means Fear of the number 12..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
Fear of the number 12..
Suppose that you wanted to make a random-number [generator] that returns [all] random numbers between 1 and 20 [but] 12 (because you have […] dodecaphobia which […] is the fear of the number 12).
There’s also dodecaphobia, which is the (again, unofficial) fear of the number 12[.]
Country like Nepal, India, Bhutan and Myanmar, people who follows Hindu religion, they consider the numbers 0, 1, 8, 10, 12, 19 and 28 as unlucky numbers, bad luck or evil spirits etc. These numbers are called oudenophobia, henophobia, octophobia, decaphobia, dodecaphobia, enneadecaphobia and eikosioctophobia respectively.
Dagmara read the next title. “‘Dodecaphobia’?” “There is something very troubling about the number 12,” Ema said gravely.
Use dodecaphobia when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Dodecaphobia means Fear of the number 12..
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Suppose that you wanted to make a random-number [generator] that returns [all] random numbers between 1 and 20 [but] 12 (because you have […] dodecaphobia which […] is the fear of the number 12).
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