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English

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Etymology

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From dodeca- (twelve) +‎ -phobia.

Noun

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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[.]
    • 2022, Hana Tooke, The Midnighters:
      Dagmara read the next title. “‘Dodecaphobia’?”
      “There is something very troubling about the number 12,” Ema said gravely.

Trivia

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  • There are 12 letters in dodecaphobia.