numerophilic

English

Etymology

From numero- +‎ -philic

Adjective

numerophilic (comparative more numerophilic, superlative most numerophilic)

  1. (rare) Affected by numerophilia; having a love for numbers.
    Antonym: numerophobic
    • 1967, Medical Library Association, Bulletin of the Medical Library Association, volume 55, Medical Library Association., page 66:
      The computer programmers were very pleased at that entry, since the computer is numerophilic and alphabetphobic.
    • 1977, Suraj Gupte, Newer Horizons in Tropical Pediatrics, Jaypee Brothers, page 4:
      In the numerophilic Western culture, it may seem strange that the cost-benefit of human milk has not been even dimly perceived until recently.
    • 2010, Jan H.F. Meyer, Ray Land, Caroline Baillie, Threshold Concepts and Transformational Learning, Brill Publishers, →ISBN, page 157:
      These could be dubbed the "numerophilic" students; those who find that mathematics and formulae are the best way for them to understand these troublesome concepts.
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