Meanings
- uncountableFear of the number 12.
There’s also dodecaphobia, which is the (again, unofficial) fear of the number 12[.]
2019 June 29, “Five phobias you didn’t know existed”, in BBC Bitesize, archived from the original on 03 Feb 20243 more examples
Suppose that you wanted to make a random-number [generator] that returns [all] random numbers between 1 and 20 [but] 12 (because you have […] dodecaphobia which […] is the fear of the number 12).
2017, Doug Lowe, Java All-in-One, 5th editionCountry 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.
2020 August 29, Rajendra Kunwar, “MATHEMATICS PHOBIA: CAUSES, SYMPTOMS AND WAYS TO OVERCOME”, in International Journal of Creative Research Thoughts, volume 8, number 8, →ISSN, archived from the original on 14 Jun 2024, page 820Dagmara read the next title. “‘Dodecaphobia’?” “There is something very troubling about the number 12,” Ema said gravely.
2022, Hana Tooke, The Midnighters
Origin
- Ancient Greekδώδεκᾰ (dṓdekă)
- Englishdodeca-
- Englishdodecaphobia
From dodeca- (“twelve”) + -phobia.
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