dodecaphobia

English

Etymology

From dodeca- (“twelve”) +‎ -phobia.

Noun

dodecaphobia (uncountable)

  1. Fear of the number 12.
    • 2017, Doug Lowe, Java All-in-One, 5th edition:
      Suppose that you wanted to make a random-number [generator] that returns [all] random numbers between 1 and 20 [but] 12 (because you have […] dodecaphobia which […] is the fear of the number 12).
    • 2019 June, “Five phobias you didn’t know existed”, in BBC Bitesize‎[1]:
      There’s also dodecaphobia, which is the (again, unofficial) fear of the number 12[.]
    • 2020 August, Rajendra Kunwar, “MATHEMATICS PHOBIA: CAUSES, SYMPTOMS AND WAYS TO OVERCOME”, in International Journal of Creative Research Thoughts‎[2], 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, Hana Tooke, The Midnighters:
      Dagmara read the next title. “‘Dodecaphobia’?”
      “There is something very troubling about the number 12,” Ema said gravely.

Trivia

  • There are 12 letters in dodecaphobia.
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