ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Dodecaphobia

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Dodecaphobia is a noun meaning Fear of the number 12.

Meaning

Fear of the number 12.

Example Sentences

There’s also dodecaphobia, which is the (again, unofficial) fear of the number 12[.]
Dagmara read the next title. “‘Dodecaphobia’?” “There is something very troubling about the number 12,” Ema said gravely.
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).
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.

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