Definitions
Etymologies
- neo- + -phobia. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Dow: There's a subset of phobias called neophobia, which is basically being afraid of new foods.”
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“Some experts think that neophobia is essentially a reflection of personality.”
“Unlike nearly every other phobia, neophobia is a normal stage of human development.”
“CLARK: A rat has what's known as neophobia and that's an adverse reaction to any change in its environment.”
“Dislike of trying new foods, called "neophobia," is very common in children ages two to five but can continue for years and is linked with low vegetable consumption.”
“According to a study of twins, neophobia — or the fear of new foods — is mostly in the genes.”
“Rer: 1. While it's true that most animals, including humans, are born with a certain amount of neophobia due to evolutionary pressure, "different" does not always equate to "unpleasant".”
“The fear of new foods is called neophobia, and it's not exactly rare in children.”
“But whether inherited or not, neophobia can be overcome.”
“There may be other genetics at work than simply a predilection for neophobia.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘neophobia’.
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phrontistery - n
from phrontistery.info
nymphology, nympholepsy, nyctophobia, nymphean, nyctograph, nyctanthous, nyctalopia, nychthemeral, nutricial, nutrice, nutrication, nychthemeron and 340 more...
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edwardvielmetti's Words
wordhord, wordhoard, wordy, wordie, wiki, toriokyo, superpatron, vacuum, crazy, crazybusy, a2b3, 48104 and 220 more...
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C. S. Bird – Grandiloquent Dictionary
All the words from the Grandiloquent Dictionary.
946 of these 2700 words do not yield any results in six different dictionaries, hence many of them might be misspellings.
More in...abacinate, abcedarian, abderian, ablegate, abligurition, ablutophobia, abnormous, acarophobia, acathasia, accipitrine, accidia, accubitus and 2690 more...
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Inspiring eloquence
peripatetic, prevaricate, contrapuntal, defenestration, incontrovertible, facetious, curmudgeonly, assuaged, dichotomy, peccadillos, monopsony, coda and 146 more...
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jmjarmstrong's list
Words that I used to know.
geloscopy, hunker, willy nilly, harum scarum, whacko, meh, nork, misunderestimate, atrabiliousness, luftmensch, auxanometer, hyperhedonia and 1948 more...
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Age of Aquarius Words
carpe diem, de rigueur, ad hominem, bowdlerize, tantalize, excogitate, exogamy, endogamy, logophile, neophobia, lexiphanic, abdicate and 69 more...
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nicsims's Words
insouciant, hircine, ubiquitous, labyrinth, plangent, jingoistic, unctuous, inchoate, roue, wastrel, pulchritude, bourgeoisie and 77 more...
Tweets
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jmjarmstrong JM would readily admit to neophobia but doesn’t like anything new. Jun 27, 2009
edwardvielmetti The study, led by Dr. Lucy Cooke of the department of epidemiology and public health at University College London, was published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition in August. Dr. Cooke and others in the field believe it is the first to use a standard scale to investigate the contribution of genetics and environment to childhood neophobia. (NY Times) Oct 17, 2007