English Explanatory Dictionary

tetraphobia

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Custom of avoiding the number four (4) commonly seen in those East Asian countries in whose local languages the words for "4" and "death" are paronymous or homophonous.

Word forms

tetraphobia

Etymology

From tetra- + -phobia.

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