cainophobia

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cainophobia

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From the Ancient Greek roots καινός (kainós, “new”) or καινότης (kainótēs, “newness”) + -phobia.

noun cainotophobia

uncountable The fear of newness and/or of things that are new. It is not by means of a social xenophobia and cainophobia that we shall succeed in junking our sawdust goals but only by a sincere and passionate openness to new experience.
Similar: neophobia

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@misc{cainophobia_2026,
  title = {cainophobia},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cainophobia},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}