decaphobia

English

Etymology

From deca- +‎ -phobia.

Noun

decaphobia (uncountable)

  1. Fear of the number ten.
    • 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.

Trivia

  • There are 10 letters in decaphobia.
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