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Definition of Neophobia
1. Noun. A morbid fear of novelty.
Definition of Neophobia
1. Noun. The fear or dislike of new things. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Neophobia
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Neophobia
Literary usage of Neophobia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Popular Science Monthly by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1886)
"In the student, curiosity takes the place of neophobia. ... neophobia, therefore,
should be met among those animals which have experienced dangers, ..."
2. The Causation and Treatment of Psychopathic Diseases by Boris Sidis (1916)
"I have great difficulty in making changes in the life of advanced psychopathic
cases, because of this fear of the new, neophobia. Once the change is made, ..."
3. Pathological Aspects of Religions by Josiah Morse (1906)
"But it should he remembered that this neophobia and inborn hatred of the alien
... It is chiefly in fanatics that this neophobia is most strongly developed ..."
4. Genes, Behavior, and the Social Environment: Moving Beyond the Nature by Lyla M. Hernandez, Dan G. Blazer (2006)
"neophobia was measured using a modification of the open field arena that was
designed to quantify an animal's degree of locomotion and interaction with ..."
5. The Child: A Study in the Evolution of Man by Alexander Francis Chamberlain (1902)
"... and neophobia are of necessity relative terms, being but the oscillations of
the pendulum of progress ; they are derived phenomena, functions of the law ..."
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