octophobia

English

Etymology

From octo- +‎ -phobia.

Noun

octophobia (uncountable)

  1. The irrational fear of the number eight.
    • 2020 August, Rajendra Kunwar, “MATHEMATICS PHOBIA: CAUSES, SYMPTOMS AND WAYS TO OVERCOME”, in International Journal of Creative Research Thoughts‎[1], volume 8, number 8, →ISSN, page 820:
      Country like Nepal, India, Bhutan and Myanmar, people who follows Hindu religion, they consider the numbers 0, 1, 8, 10, 12, 19 and 28 as unlucky numbers, bad luck or evil spirits etc. These numbers are called oudenophobia, henophobia, octophobia, decaphobia, dodecaphobia, enneadecaphobia and eikosioctophobia respectively.
    • 2022 March 22, “Octophobia (Fear of the Number 8)”, in Cleaveland Clinic‎[2]:
      People with octophobia experience anxiety when they think about or see the number 8.

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