neophobia
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neophobia
(ˌniːəʊˈfəʊbɪə)n
a tendency to dislike anything new; fear of novelty
ˈneoˌphobe n
ˌneoˈphobic adj
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neophobia
misoneism.
See also: Change, Novelty-Ologies & -Isms. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
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| Noun | 1. | neophobia - a morbid fear of novelty simple phobia - any phobia (other than agoraphobia) associated with relatively simple well-defined stimuli |
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NeophobieNovophobie