Looking for name of common numbered lists
I'm looking for any recognized name or perhaps to coin a term that that refers to a proper name given for a list of things that is regularly defined by the number of things in a list:
- Seven Deadly Sins
- Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
- Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
- Five Stages of Denial
Has anyone heard of a name for what these are called?
If you had to come up with a name, what would it be? Enumeronym? (Hate pairing Latin and Greek roots, but...)
"Enumeration" or "enumerated set" generally describes such a list. I'm not aware of any more precise word for it. As for creating a word for it, as you asked, I'd say you're on the right track using "enumerate" as the root word. "Enumerism" perhaps, which follows a similar construction as euphemism, criticism, etc.