Meaning

(rare) The hatred or fear of numbers..

Example Sentences

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."

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.

The specific mathematics phobia which is basically comes due to the arithmetic or fear of numbers. Such phobia is called arithmophobia or numerophobia. The words arithmophobia and numerophobia both have Greek origins where the root word stands for 'numbers', and 'phobos' meaning 'deep dislike or fear'.

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

Antonyms for numerophobia

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When Should You Use Numerophobia?

Use numerophobia when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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