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Arithmophobia (sometimes also called numerophobia) is the fear of numbers. This includes a generalized fear of all numbers or a fear of specific numbers.

generalized arithmophobia
Generalized arithmophobia, the fear of numbers in general, can seriously impede a person’s ability to do math. The fear of large numbers (jokingly coined Googolophobia by Eners49) has a less severe effect as people will still be able to do basic math.

Specific arithmophobia
Specific arithmophobia, or the fear of specific numbers, triskaidekaphobia, the fear of the number 13, for example. The fear of specific numbers is usually rooted in religious beliefs or superstitions, like paraskevidekatriaphobia, the fear of Friday the 13th. Another commonly feared number is 666 (“The number of the beast”). The eastern world has a large population of people afraid of the number 4 (Tetraphobia), because in several local languages ‘four’ sound like ‘death’.

Examples of specific arithmophobia

 * Oudenophobia or nilophobia: the fear of 0
 * Henophobia: the fear of 1
 * Dyophobia: the fear of 2
 * Triskaphobia: the fear of 3
 * Tetraphobia: the fear of 4
 * Pentaphobia: the fear of 5
 * Hexaphobia: the fear of 6
 * Heptaphobia: the fear of 7
 * Octophobia: the fear of 8
 * Enneaphobia: the fear of 9
 * Decaphobia: the fear of 10
 * Triskaidekaphobia: the fear of 13
 * 23 enigma or duo triphobia: the fear of 23
 * Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia: the fear of 666
 * Meganumerophobia: the fear of large numbers
 * etc.