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numerology

numerology

5 9.9
A belief that numbers can predict events in people's lives
  • noun
  • /ˌnjuːməˈrɑːlədʒi/
translation icon : numerología
  • In total, the library has volumes on biology, astrology, numerology, eschatology, and demonology, among other more esoteric subjects.
  • numerology and astrology
  • Chinese numerology

She was very, she was very nice, but she was also trying to convince me of numerology.

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Examples

  • OK, would you like to learn about numerology keywords or would you like to learn about the expression or destiny numbers?

  • I'm not into astrology, but I find numerology more accurate than astrology.

    Blog text (4)

  • I'm really interested in numerology, and, as you know, 7 is a very good number.

    Big Eyes (2014)

  • Number 9 is the only number in numerology that does not add any value in a calculation.

    Blog text (26)

  • The Farmers' Almanac is based on numerology.

    Light Sleeper (1992)

  • Although this point should not be pressed to absurdity, it is generally conceded that numerology was a common mode of Renaissance thinking and writing.

    Fiction book (1996)

  • I mean, numerology, kabala, Pythagorean cults, there are systems that find meaning in numbers, and they are a dime a dozen.

    Knowing (2009)

  • The origin of Karenga's interest in numerology—seven principles, seven candles, seven days—is not clear.

    Academic text (2001)

  • More recently, David McPherson has documented the lively debate surrounding one particular facet of Renaissance numerology, the concept of the Ages of Man, a widely recognized and much-discussed notion during and preceding the Elizabethan period.

    Fiction book (1996)

  • Many people turn to numerology to gain insights into their personality through their birth date.

Synonyms

arithmancy
vsnumerology
  • Archaic
9.9

A way of using numbers to try to tell the future

focuses on belief and study of number meanings rather than practical divination

Surface Forms

numerology singular
numerologies plural

Morphology

numerology = number (semi-transparent) = numer + ology

The pattern 'number' plus '-ology' is recognizable, but the modern sense of mystical interpretation of numbers is specialized and not fully predictable from the parts.

Etymology

Numerology comes from numer- meaning 'number' and -ology meaning 'study', like in biology. So numerology is the 'study' of numbers, often the idea that numbers have special or hidden meanings for people's lives.