hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia

English

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek ἑξακόσιοι (hexakósioi, “six hundred”) + ἑξήκοντα (hexḗkonta, “sixty”) + ἕξ (héx, “six”) +‎ -phobia

Noun

hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia (uncountable)

1. (chiefly Christianity) Fear of the number 666
   • 2008 May 6, Deborah Aaronson with Kwan, Kevin, Luck: The Essential Guide, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OL, page 132:

     You'll see “lucky” 666 in many shop windows across China, which may come as a shock to believers in the Beast and those with hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia.

   • 2009 November 3, Patricia Kirkman with Gleason, Katherine A., The Complete Idiot's Guide: Numerology Workbook‎^[1], →ISBN, →OL:

     Fear of certain numbers will not help you. Just ask someone who suffers from triskaidekaphobia, tetraphobia, or hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia.

Quotations

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Derived terms

• hexakosioihexekontahexaphobe
• hexakosioihexekontahexaphobic

See also

• Appendix:Invented phobias
• Number of the Beast