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henophobia

henophobia noun: the irrational fear of the number one.

Noun

henophobia (uncountable)

  1. The irrational fear of the number one.
    • 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 henophobia

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

Questions about henophobia

What does henophobia mean?
Henophobia means the irrational fear of the number one.
What part of speech is henophobia?
Henophobia is a noun.

Words near henophobia in the dictionary

  1. henology
  2. henon bamboo
  3. henopause
  4. henophidian
  5. henophidians
  6. henophobia
  7. henotheism
  8. henotheisms
  9. henotheist
  10. henotheistic
  11. henotheistically

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