Numerophobia

Quick meaning: Numerophobia is a noun meaning (rare) The hatred or fear of numbers.

Meaning

(rare) The hatred or fear of numbers.

Example Sentences

If you are comfortable with the basic concepts of Maths and don’t suffer from numerophobia, you are at an advantage.

Many young Blacks suffer from numerophobia for cultural and historic reasons. The new world of the future is likely to require higher levels of mathematicality and a new numerophilia - a fascination with numbers.

Well, Bishop Lazi, as a man given to spirituality and was known during his school days for an incurable numerophobia (fear of numbers) and arithmophobia (fear of arithmetic), doesn’t lose sleep over all this scientific gobbledygook.

While some folks are afraid of heights or enclosed places, others are plagued by numerophobia, a fear of numbers. This often results from one's having had difficulty with them in school and his or her coming to the conclusion that "I'm just not good at math."

Antonyms for numerophobia

Common opposites include numerophilia.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include arithmomania, acalculia, mathematics, dyscalculia, arithmetic.

Related Dictionary Tools