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innumeracy

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Definitions

  1. Lack of numeracy; low numeracy.

Word origin

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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  • 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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