Numbers Definition, Prefix, Suffix, Ologies and Isms, Numbers Information and Meaning

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abacist

a skilied user of the abacus.

acalculia

Psychiatry. an inability to work with figures; a mental block concerning calculation.

arithmancy

a form of divination involving numbers. Also called arithmomancy.

arithmomania

1. an obsession with numbers.

2. a compulsion to count things.

hebdomadism

a belief that the number seven is sacred, as in ancient Baby-Ion.

numerology

a system of occultism based upon numbers. —numerologist, n. —numerological, adj.