hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia

/hɛk.səˌkəʊ.si.ɔɪ.hɛkˌsɛ.kən.təˌhɛk.səˈfəʊ.bi.ə/

noun

An irrational fear of the number 666.

OriginAncient Greek ἑξακόσιοι →
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Meanings

nounhexakosioihexekontahexaphobia (uncountable)
  1. uncountablehuman sciencesAn irrational fear of the number 666.

    Fear of certain numbers will not help you. Just ask someone who suffers from triskaidekaphobia, tetraphobia, or hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia.

    2009 November 3, Patricia Kirkman with Katherine A. Gleason, The Complete Idiot's Guide: Numerology Workbook, →ISBN, →OL
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    You'll see “lucky” 666 in many shop windows across China, which may come as a shock to believers in the Beast and those with hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia.

    2008 May 6, Deborah Aaronson with Kevin Kwan, Luck: The Essential Guide, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OL, page 132

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekἑξακόσιοι“six hundred”
  2. Englishhexakosioihexekontahexaphobia

Ancient Greek ἑξακόσιοι (hexakósioi, “six hundred”) + ἑξήκοντα (hexḗkonta, “sixty”) + ἕξ (héx, “six”) + -phobia

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Translations

Arabic رُهَابُ العَدَد ٦٦٦, رُهَابُ العَدَدِ سِتِّمِئَةٍ وَسِتَّةٍ وَسِتِّينَ
  • رُهَابُ العَدَد ٦٦٦ (ruhābu l-ʕadad 666)fear of the number 666
  • رُهَابُ العَدَدِ سِتِّمِئَةٍ وَسِتَّةٍ وَسِتِّينَ (ruhābu l-ʿadadi sittimiʾatin wa-sittatin wa-sittīn)fear of the number 666
Chinese Mandarin 666恐懼症 /666恐惧症, 六百六十六恐懼症 /六百六十六恐惧症
  • 666恐懼症 /666恐惧症 (liù bǎi liù shí liù kǒng jù zhèng)fear of the number 666
  • 六百六十六恐懼症 /六百六十六恐惧症 (liù bǎi liù shí liù kǒng jù zhèng)fear of the number 666
German Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobie
  • Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobiefear of the number 666
Greek εξακοσιοιεξηκονταεξαφοβία
  • εξακοσιοιεξηκονταεξαφοβία (exakosioiexikontaexafovía)fear of the number 666
Hindi छह सौ छियासठ का डर, ६६६ का डर
  • छह सौ छियासठ का डर (chah sau chiyāsaṭh kā ḍar)fear of the number 666
  • ६६६ का डर (666 kā ḍar)fear of the number 666
Japanese 666恐怖症, 六百六十六恐怖症
  • 666恐怖症 (roppyakurokujūroku kyōfushō)fear of the number 666
  • 六百六十六恐怖症 (roppyakurokujūroku kyōfushō)fear of the number 666
Korean 666 공포증
  • 666 공포증 (yukbaegyuksibyuk gongpojeung)fear of the number 666
Russian гексакосиойгексеконтагексафо́бия
  • гексакосиойгексеконтагексафо́бия (geksakosiojgeksekontageksafóbija)fear of the number 666
Spanish hexakosioihexekontahexafobia
  • hexakosioihexekontahexafobiafear of the number 666

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia

phobiahomophobiaxenophobiaagoraphobiaclaustrophobiaaphobiaZenobiaphotophobiaarachnophobiaacrophobiahydrophobiaablutophobiaacephobiaacousticophobiaadverbophobiaaerophobiaagraphobiaaibohphobiaaichmophobiaalgophobiaaltophobiaamathophobiaamaxophobiaambulophobia
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Chicago

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