innumeracy

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Definition of innumeracy

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)Lack of numeracy; low numeracy.
    “John Allen Paulos and others have asked our society to consider numeracy and innumeracy in a way closer to how we view literacy and illiteracy.”
    “The man suffered from innumeracy stemming from a brain injury, and depended on his wife for all financial matters, no matter how trivial.”

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Etymology

From in- + numeracy; coined by Douglas Hofstadter and popularized by mathematician John Allen Paulos in his 1989 book Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and its Consequences.

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