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noun
The fear or hatred of novelty, new things, innovation, or unfamiliar places or situations.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: cainophobia, cainotophobia, misoneism, traditionalism
Antonyms: neophilia
noun
a morbid fear of novelty
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: simple phobia
History
From neo- + -phobia.
Across languages
8 source translations are retained for this English entry.
