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numerophile

numerophile noun: someone who loves numbers.

Noun

numerophile (plural numerophiles)

  1. (rare) Someone who loves numbers.
    • But a quick glance at their methodology is all that's needed to convince even the most avid numerophile that the results are worthless.1987, Seymour Siwoff, The 1987 Elias Baseball Analyst, Macmillan Publishers, →ISBN, page 152
    • By the time he [Edward Gibbon] began his great History, he was a confirmed numerophile. Some consideration of his education in numeracy, and of the writings of his first period of residence in Lausanne (1753–58), will therefore contribute to an understanding of why there are so many numbers in his...2012, F. P. Lock, The Rhetoric of Numbers in Gibbon's History, University of Delaware Press, →ISBN, page 4
    Antonyms:
    numerophobe

Examples of numerophile in a sentence

  • By the time he [Edward Gibbon] began his great History, he was a confirmed numerophile.2012, F. P. Lock, The Rhetoric of Numbers in Gibbon's History, University of Delaware Press, →ISBN, page 4:
  • It is therefore profoundly ironic, and unsettling for both numerophiles and subjectivists alike, that public awareness of trends in subjective experience should come to us mainly in numerical form.2012, Neil Thin, Social Happiness, Policy Press, →ISBN, page 92:
  • If you're a numerophile and a pedant, then you may fret over my somewhat contemptuous handling of significant digits below.2020 March 23, Phil Plait, “Why do we have leap days?”, in SYFY WIRE, archived from the original on 29 Nov 2022:

Antonyms of numerophile

Forms of numerophile

pluralnumerophiles

Origin of numerophile

From numero- + -phile.

Questions about numerophile

What does numerophile mean?
Numerophile means someone who loves numbers.
How do you use numerophile in a sentence?
By the time he [Edward Gibbon] began his great History, he was a confirmed numerophile.
What part of speech is numerophile?
Numerophile is a noun.
What is the plural of numerophile?
The plural of numerophile is numerophiles.

Words near numerophile in the dictionary

  1. numeromantic
  2. numeron
  3. numerons
  4. numeronym
  5. numeronyms
  6. numerophile
  7. numerophiles
  8. numerophilia
  9. numerophilic
  10. numerophobe
  11. numerophobes

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