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mathphobia

mathphobia is the alternative form of mathophobia.

Meaning of mathophobia

Noun

mathophobia (uncountable)

  1. (informal) An aversion to mathematics.
    • "Americans," contends M.I.T.'s curriculum reformer, Dr. Jerrold Zacharius, "have mathophobia." They are "scared to death" of math, he says, because most teachers are afraid of it themselves and fail "to make it exciting."1967 March 17, Anonymous, "The Price of Mathophobia" in the Education section of Time

Origin of mathphobia

From math + -phobia.

Questions about mathphobia

What is mathphobia the alternative form of?
Mathphobia is the alternative form of mathophobia.

Words near mathphobia in the dictionary

  1. mathoms
  2. Mathomus
  3. Mathon
  4. mathophobia
  5. Mathoura
  6. mathphobia
  7. mathree
  8. mathrees
  9. Mathry
  10. maths
  11. Maths A

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Adapted from Wiktionary: mathphobia (page history and authors); mathophobia (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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