arithmomania

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n. government by the majority. arithmography, n. representing a number with letters having numerical values. arithmomania,

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  1. In pathology, a morbid impulse to work over mathematical problems, or to count objects or acts, such as buttons, steps, etc. Baldwin, Dict. of Philos. and Psychol., I. 68.

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  • n. government by the majority. arithmography, n. representing a number with letters having numerical values. arithmomania, —  xml's Blinklist.com
  • Vampires are said to suffer from a condition called arithmomania: a compulsive desire to count things. numbers: these are defined as a number that can be written as the product of two smaller numbers of half the length which contain all the digits of the larger number. —  An Englishman's Castle
 

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  1. New Latin, < Greek ἀριθμός, number, +μανία, madness.
 

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