neophilia
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neophilia
- /niːəˈfɪ.li.ə/ UK
Where it comes from
From neo- + -philia.
noun neophilias
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The love of novelty, new things, innovation, or unfamiliar places or situations.
LIKE SOCIABILITY, conscientiousness, or any other trait, your particular expression of neophilia has potential advantagesand drawbacks. Exploiting its strengths and compensating for its limitations begins with an understanding of your […]
Opposite: neophobia, traditionalism, cainophobia, cainotophobia, misoneism
- The preference for any new foods not forming part of the diet associated with an earlier nutritional deficiency or other illness. In order to account for the appearance of a novelty response in the deficient or recovered rat, Rozin and Rodgers (1967) suggest that either the state of deficiency triggers an innate neophilia, or that the deficient rat develops an aversion to the deficient diet and thus shows a strong preference f
Translations
Talk about this word "neophilia." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/neophilia. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. neophilia. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/neophilia "neophilia." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/neophilia.Cite this
@misc{neophilia_2026,
title = {neophilia},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/neophilia},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
