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Meaning of "neophilia" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF NEOPHILIA

neophilia  [ˌniːəʊˈfɪlɪə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF NEOPHILIA

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adjective
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preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Neophilia is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES NEOPHILIA MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Neophile

Neophile or Neophiliac is a term used by counterculture cult writer Robert Anton Wilson to describe a particular type of personality. A neophile or neophiliac can be defined as a personality type characterized by a strong affinity for novelty. The phrase was used earlier by Christopher Booker in his book The Neophiliacs.

Definition of neophilia in the English dictionary

The definition of neophilia in the dictionary is a tendency to like anything new; love of novelty.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH NEOPHILIA


Anglophilia
ˌæŋɡləʊˈfɪlɪə
biophilia
ˌbaɪəʊˈfɪlɪə
claustrophilia
ˌklɔːstrəˈfɪlɪə
coprophilia
ˌkɒprəʊˈfɪlɪə
cynophilia
ˌsɪnəʊˈfɪlɪə
eosinophilia
ˌiːəʊˌsɪnəˈfɪlɪə
Europhilia
ˌjʊərəʊˈfɪlɪə
gerontophilia
dʒɛˌrɒntəˈfɪlɪə
haemophilia
ˌhiːməʊˈfɪlɪə
hemophilia
ˌhiːməˈfɪlɪə
necrophilia
ˌnɛkrəʊˈfɪlɪə
paedophilia
ˌpiːdəʊˈfɪlɪə
Pamphylia
pæmˈfɪlɪə
paraphilia
ˌpærəˈfɪlɪə
pedophilia
ˌpiːdəʊˈfɪlɪə
retrophilia
ˌretrəʊˈfɪlɪə
scopophilia
ˌskɒpəˈfɪlɪə
technophilia
ˌtɛknəʊˈfɪlɪə
thrombophilia
ˌθrɒmbəʊˈfɪlɪə
zoophilia
ˌzəʊəˈfɪlɪə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE NEOPHILIA

neoned
neonomian
neonomianism
neopagan
neopaganism
neophile
neophiliac
neophobe
neophobia
neophobic
neophyte
neophytic
neopilina
neoplasia
neoplasm
neoplastic
neoplasticism
neoplasticist
neoplasty
neoprene

WORDS THAT END LIKE NEOPHILIA

ailourophilia
ailurophilia
arctophilia
automobilia
canophilia
Cecilia
cilia
ephebophilia
Germanophilia
ilia
Ismailia
juvenilia
memorabilia
milia
monilia
Reggio nell´Emilia
scoptophilia
Sicilia
stigmatophilia
topophilia

Synonyms and antonyms of neophilia in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «neophilia» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF NEOPHILIA

Find out the translation of neophilia to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of neophilia from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «neophilia» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

neophilia
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

neofilia
570 millions of speakers

English

neophilia
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

neophilia
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

neophilia
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

neophilia
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

neofilia
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

neophile
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

néophilie
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Neophile
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Neophilie
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

新しいもの好き
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

neophilia
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Neophile
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

neophilia
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

neophile
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

निओफाइल
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

neophile
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

neophilia
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

neophilia
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

neophilia
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

neophilia
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

neophilia
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

neophilia
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

neophilia
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

neophilia
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of neophilia

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «NEOPHILIA»

The term «neophilia» is normally little used and occupies the 135.771 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «NEOPHILIA» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «neophilia» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «neophilia» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about neophilia

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «NEOPHILIA»

Discover the use of neophilia in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to neophilia and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Machiavellian Intelligence II: Extensions and Evaluations
Secondly, under Ryan's (1990) sensory exploitation model, any intrinsic sensory biases that favoured unpredictability could exert an influence on mate choice, so could select for proteanism. We know of such a sensory bias already: neophilia ...
Andrew Whiten, Richard W. Byrne, 1997
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Evolutionary Computing: AISB Workshop, Leeds, U.K., April 11 ...
Darwin (1871) took neophilia (preference for novelty) seriously as a force in sexual selection, implying that it could often lead to evolutionary innovations unrelated to ecological demands. Neophilia can be implemented in GAs by allowing ...
Terence C. Fogarty, 1994
3
Hospitality and Tourism: Synergizing Creativity and ...
2.2 Food neophilia Kim, Eves and Scarles (2009) defined food neophilia as a tendency to taste something new. Veeck (2004) viewed food neophilia is an adventure behavior and personality that is eager to experience new food. Pliner and ...
Norzuwana Sumarjan, Zahari Mohd Salehuddin Mohd, Radzi Salleh Mohd, 2013
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The Domestic Dog: Its Evolution, Behaviour and Interactions ...
Neophilia The preference for new foods over a usual food is common in dogs ( Mugford, 1977; Griffin, Scott & Cante, 1984). Neophilia and neophobia provide feeding strategies that are important to the survival of the wild animal - neophobia  ...
James Serpell, 1995
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The Roots of Evil
Neophilia and Neophobia Our acts and deeds are deeply influenced by elements we share, if not with all vertebrates then at least with the majority of mammals. These are elements that have become fixed in the genome of our species. One of  ...
Pavel Pecina, 2009
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Advances in the Study of Behavior
B. NEOPHILIA Neophilia in ravens is most apparent to small items (probably because they are not feared), although attraction is not likely restricted to them because they are small. During the summer ravens feed on small items that vary  ...
‎2011
7
Handbook of Individual Differences Learning and Instruction
Narrow categorizers will form more groups, whereas wide categorizers will form fewer groups. Neophilia Scale (Walker 8: Gibbins, 1989) This test measuring neophilia (openness to change and novel ideas) was used by Walker and Gibbins to ...
David H. Jonassen, Barbara L. Grabowski, 2012
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Curiosity and Information Seeking in Animal and Human Behavior
This theory will be discussed in detail in Chapter 7. The same logic that sees neophobia and neophilia as the opposite extremes of the same dimension illustrates many of the theories of individual differences. Some major psychological ...
Wojciech Pisula, 2009
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Handbook of Evolutionary Psychology: Ideas, Issues, and ...
Neophilia (termed openness) is one of the "Big Five” personality traits in humans (see Buss, 1991), and shows moderate heritability (Plomin 8: Rende, 1991; Zuckerman, 1984). Of course, in modern society, human neophilia is the foundation ...
Charles Crawford, Dennis L. Krebs, 2013
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Organizations and Popular Culture: Information, ...
Neophilia is defined as the love of, or enthusiasm for, the 'new.' But what this 'new ' consists of is less straightforward. It can refer to something that has not existed before. It can refer to something that replaces something else that we call the ...
Carl Rhodes, Simon Lilley, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «NEOPHILIA»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term neophilia is used in the context of the following news items.
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Interview: David Byrne
This wistfulness points to the oddest thing about Byrne: nostalgia and neophilia come to him with equal ease. He roves the world for new talent ... «Financial Times, Jul 15»
2
Good news! Being a foodie could make you slimmer
I can't help but feel, though, that the personality trait of food neophilia might not be necessarily what's driving BMIs down. It could be money. «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
3
Pizzicato Five stripped disco to its barest essentials and turned it …
That perspective isn't easily gained given that music journalists are notoriously prone to neophilia and ever eager to lend their imprimatur to the ... «A.V. Club Milwaukee, Jun 15»
4
How fancy cats evolved: The science of our most adorable pets
It is a mystery to me why anyone would want to perpetuate this condition; I suspect it is simple neophilia. Given the climate there, it is ... «Salon, May 15»
5
Why I'm still wearing my Apple watch
This neophilia is not healthy and, for the most part, it doesn't last. Most watch collectors settle in at about 20 – I know I did – and buy and sell ... «Starr 103.5 FM, May 15»
6
Giulio di Cerbo: A eulogy
It would be easy to attribute his neophilia to a low boredom threshold. In fact, his ability to exploit secular trends owed more to his trust in the ... «COOConnect, May 15»
7
Flavour Country: Mark Schatzker's persuasive, original argument for …
“There's a thing in animals called neophobia and neophilia,” Schatzker explains. “Neophobia is kind of a fear of new foods; neophilia is a ... «National Post, May 15»
8
Why we never get fed up of our favourite restaurants
... the hots for the staff), this all sounds more familiar, and more credible, than the theory that neophilia is causing the deaths of old restaurants. «The Guardian, Feb 15»
9
We live in the “acceleration society”: the less you achieve, the more …
Consumerist neophilia accentuates the same feedback loop. The psychologist Daniel Kahneman has explored how buying new things (usually ... «New Statesman, Jan 15»
10
Studies Find Dogs Prefer New Toys, But You Can Make Old Toys New
The scientific term for a preference for novelty is called neophilia, and neophilia could explain why you got your canine companion a new ... «Scientific American, Dec 14»

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« EDUCALINGO. Neophilia [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/neophilia>. Apr 2024 ».
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