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numerology|njuːməˈrɒlədʒɪ|
[f. L. numer(us number + -ology.]
Divination by numbers; the study of the esoteric meaning of numbers.
1911‘Sepharial’ Kabala of Numbers I. iii. 25 A general consideration of the principles involved in the science of numerology. 1926K. Adams Numerology Up-to-Date i. 11 In the science of Numerology each letter of the alphabet has a given number and each number has its special significance. 1935Punch 21 Aug. 207/1 Next we come to numerology. One of the most vital factors in your life is the Science of Numbers. 1937M. Covarrubias Island of Bali (1972) ix. 312 For special occasions an offering, to be effective, must conform to certain specifications based on the influences that rule the day; the calendar, the cardinal directions, numerology and so forth. 1960Auden Homage to Clio 30 The burly slave of ritual and a martyr To Numerology. 1962Times 23 Feb. 5/1 Numerology is..a term of superiority or near-abuse applied by physicists to those of their colleagues, who, by playing with numbers hope to arrive at physical understanding. 1971Times Lit. Suppl. 1 Oct. 1179/1 Numerology has even had some impact on poetry in its ‘concrete’ forms.
Hence numeroˈlogical a., numeroˈlogically adv.; numeˈrologist, one who studies or is expert in numerology.
1923C. W. Cheasley Numerology (rev. ed.) vi. 67 The final digit of the whole name—the Expression..has the greatest influence of all... When Numerologists use the term ‘a number 2 person’, ‘a number 6 person’, etc., it is this Expression number that should be implied. 1926K. Adams Numerology Up-to-Date ix. 79 What are the numerological properties of 1? Ibid. viii. 74 Cities, numerologically speaking, are a most fascinating study. 1932Discovery June 204/1 It is not only the number seven that possesses a peculiar significance for numerologists. 1952G. Sarton Hist. Sci. I. xvii. 439 The regular solids..must each have some definite meaning... Plato bethought himself of the four elements; the fifth solid would then represent the whole universe. This patching up of the theory, plus the finding of a meaning for the superfluous solid, is typical of the analogies invented by numerologists and other mystical mathematicians. 1972Sci. Amer. Feb. 101/1 Mel Stover, a Winnipeg numerologist, has pointed out that in Roman numerals 9 changes to 11 when turned over, but 9 in the binary system—1001—doesn't change at all. 1973Nature 12 Oct. 313/1 Several dependent and independent numerological relations have been proposed. Dirac noticed that the ratio between the age of the Universe and the natural unit of time..is approximately equal to the ratio between the electrostatic and the gravitational force acting between two electrons. 1974Sci. Amer. June 118/3 Anything numerologically interesting about Nixon and Watergate? |