English edit

Etymology edit

From penta- +‎ -philia.

Noun edit

pentaphilia (uncountable)

  1. love of the number 5
    • 2005, Annette Ferrerra, Pentaphilics Run Roughshod Over University Gallery’s Curatorial Conventions Gallery 400[1]:
      pentaphilia, or an unholy love of the number five
    • 2012, Rosemary McGee, Knowing Poverty: Critical Reflections on Participatory Research and Policy[2], page 252:
      As analysis proceeded, pentaphilia came under pressure from complexity. In writing about powerlessness, the five broke right open and became (temporarily) 12
    • 2016 Nereidalbel Re: "No Bite" Disad anywhere? Steve Jackson Games Forums
      Going by the same pattern as Weak Bite, it should be -6. Rounding it off to -5 satisfies pentaphilia better, though.

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