pentaphilia

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noun

love of the number 5

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Meanings

nounpentaphilia (uncountable)
  1. uncountablelove of the number 5

    2016 Nereidalbel Re: "No Bite" Disad anywhere? Steve Jackson Games Forums Going by the same pattern as Weak Bite, it should be -6. Rounding it off to -5 satisfies pentaphilia better, though.

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    pentaphilia, or an unholy love of the number five

    2005, Annette Ferrerra, Pentaphilics Run Roughshod Over University Gallery’s Curatorial Conventions Gallery 400

    As analysis proceeded, pentaphilia came under pressure from complexity. In writing about powerlessness, the five broke right open and became (temporarily) 12

    2012, Rosemary McGee, Knowing Poverty: Critical Reflections on Participatory Research and Policy, page 252

Origin

From penta- + -philia.

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