numerophilic
English
Etymology
From numero- + -philic
Adjective
numerophilic (comparative more numerophilic, superlative most numerophilic)
- (rare) Affected by numerophilia; having a love for numbers.
- Antonym: numerophobic
- 1967, Medical Library Association, Bulletin of the Medical Library Association, volume 55, Medical Library Association., page 66:
- The computer programmers were very pleased at that entry, since the computer is numerophilic and alphabetphobic.
- 1977, Suraj Gupte, Newer Horizons in Tropical Pediatrics, Jaypee Brothers, page 4:
- In the numerophilic Western culture, it may seem strange that the cost-benefit of human milk has not been even dimly perceived until recently.
- 2010, Jan H.F. Meyer, Ray Land, Caroline Baillie, Threshold Concepts and Transformational Learning, Brill Publishers, →ISBN, page 157:
- These could be dubbed the "numerophilic" students; those who find that mathematics and formulae are the best way for them to understand these troublesome concepts.
Related terms
- numerophilia
- numerophile