innumeracy

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innumeracy

/ɪˈnjuːmə.ɹə.si/
/ɪˈnuːmə.ɹə.si/

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

noun innumeracies

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.
Opposite: numeracy

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@misc{innumeracy_2026,
  title = {innumeracy},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/innumeracy},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}