What does numerophile mean?
Numerophile means (rare) Someone who loves numbers..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(rare) Someone who loves numbers..
But a quick glance at their methodology is all that's needed to convince even the most avid numerophile that the results are worthless.
By the time he [Edward Gibbon] began his great History, he was a confirmed numerophile. Some consideration of his education in numeracy, and of the writings of his first period of residence in Lausanne (1753–58), will therefore contribute to an understanding of why there are so many numbers in his History, and of the different ways in which he uses them.
It is therefore profoundly ironic, and unsettling for both numerophiles and subjectivists alike, that public awareness of trends in subjective experience should come to us mainly in numerical form.
If you're a numerophile and a pedant, then you may fret over my somewhat contemptuous handling of significant digits below.
Use numerophile when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Numerophile means (rare) Someone who loves numbers..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
Possible antonyms include numerophobe.
But a quick glance at their methodology is all that's needed to convince even the most avid numerophile that the results are worthless.
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