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quantophrenia

quantophrenia noun: excessive reliance on or use of facts and figures that can be derived using statistical or mathematical procedures.

Noun

quantophrenia (uncountable)

  1. Excessive reliance on or use of facts and figures that can be derived using statistical or mathematical procedures.
  2. The inappropriate application of such processes, especially in anthropology and sociology.

Origin of quantophrenia

From quantitative + -phrenia.

Questions about quantophrenia

What does quantophrenia mean?
Quantophrenia means excessive reliance on or use of facts and figures that can be derived using statistical or mathematical procedures.
What part of speech is quantophrenia?
Quantophrenia is a noun.

Words near quantophrenia in the dictionary

  1. quanton
  2. quantong
  3. quantongs
  4. Quantonio
  5. quantons
  6. quantophrenia
  7. Quantrill
  8. quantronium
  9. quantroniums
  10. quants
  11. quantulum

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