numerophobic
English
Etymology
From numero- + -philic.
Adjective
numerophobic (comparative more numerophobic, superlative most numerophobic)
- (rare) Affected by numerophobia; having a hatred or fear or numbers.
- Antonym: numerophilic
- 2010, Jan H.F. Meyer, Ray Land, Caroline Baillie, Threshold Concepts and Transformational Learning, Brill Publishers, →ISBN, page 161:
- Subsequently, successful changes were made to teaching modes and content to enable the numerophobic students to approach both basic and threshold concepts without encountering explanations filled with confusing numbers or formulae.
- 2013, David L. Streiner, A Guide for the Statistically Perplexed, University of Toronto Press, →ISBN, page 163:
- This problem worsens as we add more variables (for example, whether or not either parent is numerophobic) or look at more levels of each variable.
- 2014, Jane Cafarella, A New Life Journal, Author Solutions, →ISBN, page 206:
- "The aim of these dolls is to revert the stereotype that women are numerophobic, computer-illiterate and academically challenged," wrote the anonymous Internet user.
- 2016 February 24, Shephali Bhatt, “What went wrong with Snapdeal's social media post to #HelpFindDipti”, in The Economic Times, archived from the original on 2023-01-06:
- By that time, the Twitterverse had recorded at least 108 original tweets, 25 message tweets, and 400 retweets, with a reach of 10,05,575 users (Analytics by Hashtracking.com). For the numerophobic, let's say the hashtag more than just 'trended'.
Related terms
- numerophobia
- numerophobe