Octophobia
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Octophobia is a noun meaning The irrational fear of the number eight.
Meaning
The irrational fear of the number eight.
Example Sentences
People with octophobia experience anxiety when they think about or see the number 8.
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.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include dodecaphobia, triskaidekaphobia, triskaidecaphobia, eight, tetraphobia, tridecaphobia.
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