henophobia

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noun

The irrational fear of the number one.

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Meanings

nounhenophobia (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe irrational fear of the number one.
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    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.

    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 820

Origin

From Ancient Greek ἕν (hén, “one”) + English -o- + -phobia.

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APA

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Chicago

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