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eikosioctophobia

eikosioctophobia noun: fear of the number twenty-eight.

Noun

eikosioctophobia (uncountable)

  1. Fear of the number twenty-eight.
    • 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...2020 August, 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...

Origin of eikosioctophobia

From Ancient Greek εἴκοσι (eíkosi, “twenty”) + ὀκτώ (oktṓ, “eight”) + English -phobia.

Questions about eikosioctophobia

What does eikosioctophobia mean?
Eikosioctophobia means fear of the number twenty-eight.
What part of speech is eikosioctophobia?
Eikosioctophobia is a noun.

Words near eikosioctophobia in the dictionary

  1. eikonogen
  2. eikonometer
  3. eikonometers
  4. eikons
  5. eikosane
  6. eikosioctophobia
  7. eikositriophobia
  8. eikosogram
  9. eikosograms
  10. eikoste
  11. eikosylene

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