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data-phobic

data-phobic is the alternative form of data phobic.

Meaning of data phobic

Adjective

data phobic (comparative more data phobic, superlative most data phobic)

  1. Tending to avoid using data in decision-making; preferring intuition, tradition, or authority to data-based decisions.
    • That may not be a welcome suggestion; many proponents of data-driven instruction will swear that teachers are historically "data phobic."2006, Eric Jensen, Enriching the Brain: How to Maximize Every Learner's Potential, →ISBN

Forms of data-phobic

comparativemore data-phobic
superlativemost data-phobic

Origin of data-phobic

From data + -phobic.

Questions about data-phobic

What is data-phobic the alternative form of?
Data-phobic is the alternative form of data phobic.

Words near data-phobic in the dictionary

  1. data-driven programming
  2. data-mining
  3. data-oriented
  4. data-phobe
  5. data-phobes
  6. data-phobic
  7. data-point
  8. data-points
  9. data-processing
  10. data-structured coupling
  11. databack

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