dozenalism

Etymology

From dozenal + -ism.

Why this word is great

DOZENALISM — [Noun] The advocacy or adoption of a base-12 (duodecimal) numbering system as superior to base-10. From dozenal (relating to twelve or a base twelve system) + -ism (denoting a belief or movement). Unlike decimalism (which kneels to biological happenstance) or octonarianism (which chases geometric ghosts), dozenalism is the logician’s hymn to divisibility. It is eggs packed by the gross, inches marching steadfast in feet, the year’s twelvefold partition—a testament that our arithmetic is but one dialect in the universe’s silent chorus of numbers.

noun

  1. The belief that people should use a base 12, or duodecimal, number system instead of decimal.