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'''Enkhenumerophobia''' is the fear of negative numbers, a branch of [[numerophobia]]. The term originates from the Greek ''enkhe'', "under", ''numero'', "number", and ''phobos'', fear. Sufferers usually became afraid of it by first learning about negative numbers in school. People suffering this number phobia may believe that there's something spiritually evil about negative numbers, like if the one is working on the negative numbers, {{wp|Satan}} may penalize them and possibly lure them into hell. It's the reason why enkhenumerophobes may commonly fear the Satans ([[satanophobia]]) and Hell ([[stygiophobia]]).
 
   
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'''Neganumerophobia''' {{etym|Latin|negans|negative|numerus|number}} is the fear of negative numbers, a branch of [[numerophobia]].
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Sufferers of this phobia usually became afraid of it by first learning about negative numbers in school. People suffering this number phobia may -
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- believe that there's something spiritually evil about negative numbers, like if the one is working on the negative numbers, {{wp|Satan}} may penalize them and possibly lure them into Hell. It's the reason why neganumerophobes commonly fear the Satans ([[satanophobia]]) and Hell ([[stygiophobia]]).
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Neganumerophobia (from the Latin word negans, meaning "negative", numerus, "number", and Greek phobos, "fear") is the fear of negative numbers, a branch of numerophobia.

Sufferers of this phobia usually became afraid of it by first learning about negative numbers in school. People suffering this number phobia may -

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- believe that there's something spiritually evil about negative numbers, like if the one is working on the negative numbers, Satan may penalize them and possibly lure them into Hell. It's the reason why neganumerophobes commonly fear the Satans (satanophobia) and Hell (stygiophobia).


Number phobias
Oudenophobia (fear of 0) · Henophobia (fear of 1) · Dyophobia (fear of 2) · Triskaphobia (fear of 3) · Tetraphobia (fear of 4) · Pentaphobia (fear of 5) · Hexaphobia (fear of 6) · Heptaphobia (fear of 7) · Octophobia (fear of 8) · Enneaphobia (fear of 9) · Decaphobia (fear of 10) · Hendecaphobia (fear of 11) · Dodecaphobia (fear of 12) · Triskaidekaphobia (fear of 13) · Tetradecaphobia (fear of 14) · Dekapentophobia (fear of 15) Hexadecaphobia (fear of 16) · Heptadecaphobia (fear of 17) · Octodecaphobia (fear of 18) · Enneadecaphobia (fear of 19) · Eikosiphobia (fear of 20) · Eikosihenaphobia (fear of 21) · Eikosidyophobia (fear of 22) · Eikositriophobia (fear of 23) · Eikositetraphobia (fear of 24) · Eikosipentaphobia (fear of 25) · Eikosihexaphobia (fear of 26) · Eikosiheptaphobia (fear of 27) · Eikosioctaphobia (fear of 28) · Eikosienneaphobia (fear of 29) · Trigintiphobia (fear of 30) · Triacontahenphobia (fear of 31) · Triantadyophobia (fear of 32) · Triantatriaphobia (fear of 33) · Triantatesseraphobia (fear of 34) Triantapentaphobia (fear of 35) · Triantahexaphobia (fear of 36) · Triakontenneaphobia (fear of 39) · Tessarakontadyophobia (fear of 42) · Tessarakontaheptaphobia (fear of 47) · Pentekontoctophobia (fear of 58) · Hexekontadyophobia (fear of 62) · Hexekontenneaphobia (fear of 69) · Hebdomekontahenophobia (fear of 71) · Ogdokontaheptaphobia (fear of 87) · Enenekontenneaphobia (fear of 99) · Hekatophobia (fear of 100) · Hekatohendecaphobia (fear of 111) · Hekatenenekontahenophobia (fear of 191) · Diakosioihekkaidekaphobia (fear of 216) · Diakosioipentekontaphobia (fear of 250) · Triakosioitriakontatriophobia (fear of 333) · Tetrakosioeikosiphobia (fear of 420) · Pentakosioipentekontahenophobia (fear of 551) · Hexakosioihekkaidekaphobia (fear of 616) · Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia (fear of 666) · Heftakosioitessarakontaheptaphobia (fear of 747) · Enniakosioihendecaphobia (fear of 911) · Enniakosioenenekontenneaphobia (fear of 999) · Quattuormiliasescentoruphobia (fear of 4600) · Tessarakontadyochilahexekontenneaphobia (fear of 42069) · Compustitusnumerophobia (fear of composite numbers) · Meganumerophobia (fear of large numbers) · Imparnumerophobia (fear of odd numbers) · Omalonumerophobia (fear of even numbers) · Piphobia (fear of pi) · Phiphobia (fear of the golden ratio) · Primonumerophobia (fear of prime numbers) · Paranumerophobia (fear of irrational numbers) · Neganumerophobia (fear of negative numbers) · Decadisophobia (fear of decimals)