Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mathophobia

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: math-o-pho-bia
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An aversion to mathematics.

Informal; Uncountable

Example Sentences

""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.""
"As some of the negative actions are very probably a consequence of mathophobia, the spirit of this book may cure at least a few present or future deciders from that affliction."
"So how did this translate into an exhibition that, if all went well, could 'cure' at least some people from severe attacks of mathophobia? The choice of Pythagoras' theorem had an additional motivation besides the one mentioned above."

Etymology

From math + -o- + -phobia.

Usage

Inflected Forms

mathphobia (alternative)

Questions

What does mathophobia mean?: An aversion to mathematics.
Where does mathophobia come from?: From math + -o- + -phobia.

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