Numerolatry
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Numerolatry is a noun meaning (religion) worship of numbers.
Meaning
(religion) worship of numbers.
Example Sentences
What is the reason for this numerolatry, the worship of numbers?
René Padilla feels that the “excessive emphasis on numbers” in church growth becomes “numerolatry.”
I have even heard the use of numbers called “numerolatry,” a particularly serious accusation because it implies a form of idolatry.
His warning would not have been necessary today for we have moved to the opposite pole and risk falling into 'numerolatry', the idolatrous worship of numbers.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include numeration, numericalization, arithmancy, numberness, numericist, arithmology.
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