innumeracy
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From in- + numeracy; coined by Douglas Hofstadter and popularized by mathematician John Allen Paulos in his 1989 book Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and its Consequences.
Noun[edit]
innumeracy (countable and uncountable, plural innumeracies)
- An ignorance of mathematics, or an inability to manipulate numbers
- John Allen Paulos and others have asked our society to consider numeracy and innumeracy in a way closer to how we view literacy and illiteracy.
- The man suffered from innumeracy stemming from a brain injury, and depended on his wife for all financial matters, no matter how trivial.