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noun
The love of novelty, new things, innovation, or unfamiliar places or situations.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: neophobia, traditionalism, cainophobia, cainotophobia, misoneism
noun
The preference for any new foods not forming part of the diet associated with an earlier nutritional deficiency or other illness.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
Topics: biology, natural-sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
From neo- + -philia.
Across languages
6 source translations are retained for this English entry.
