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pentaphilia

pentaphilia noun: love of the number 5.

Noun

pentaphilia (uncountable)

  1. love of the number 5
    • pentaphilia, or an unholy love of the number five2005, Annette Ferrerra, Pentaphilics Run Roughshod Over University Gallery’s Curatorial Conventions Gallery 400
    • As analysis proceeded, pentaphilia came under pressure from complexity. In writing about powerlessness, the five broke right open and became (temporarily) 122012, Rosemary McGee, Knowing Poverty: Critical Reflections on Participatory Research and Policy, page 252

Origin of pentaphilia

From penta- + -philia.

Words formed from pentaphilia

  • pentaphilic

Questions about pentaphilia

What does pentaphilia mean?
Pentaphilia means love of the number 5.
What part of speech is pentaphilia?
Pentaphilia is a noun.

Words near pentaphilia in the dictionary

  1. pentapeptidic
  2. pentapetalous
  3. pentaphene
  4. pentaphenes
  5. pentaphenyl
  6. pentaphilia
  7. pentaphonic
  8. pentaphosphaferrocene
  9. pentaphosphaferrocenes
  10. pentaphosphate
  11. pentaphosphates

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