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Meaning of "neophobe" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF NEOPHOBE

neophobe  [niːəʊˌfəʊb] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF NEOPHOBE

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adjective
verb
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pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Neophobe 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 NEOPHOBE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Neophobia

Neophobia is the fear of anything new. It is also called cainotophobia or cainophobia. In psychology, neophobia is defined as the persistent and abnormal fear of anything new. In its milder form, it can manifest as the unwillingness to try new things or break from routine. Mild manifestations are often present in young children and elderly people. But neophobia could also be fear of losing what you have. e.g.: You are content with your life and you fear that if you change anything you might never be happy again. This is sometimes caused by earlier experiences of being emotionally hurt. In biomedical research, neophobia is often associated with the study of taste. Food neophobia is an important concern in pediatric psychology. Norway rats and house mice are thought to have evolved increased levels of neophobia as they became commensal with humans because humans were routinely devising new methods to eradicate them. Neophobia is also a common finding in aging animals, although apathy could also explain, or contribute to explain, the lack of exploratory drive systematically observed in aging.

Definition of neophobe in the English dictionary

The definition of neophobe in the dictionary is a person with a tendency to dislike anything new, or to fear novelty.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH NEOPHOBE


acrophobe
ˈækrəʊˌfəʊb
aerophobe
ˈɛərəˌfəʊb
agoraphobe
ˈæɡərəˌfəʊb
Anglophobe
ˈæŋɡləʊˌfəʊb
arachnophobe
əˈræknəˌfəʊb
chromophobe
ˈkrəʊməˌfəʊb
claustrophobe
ˈklɒstrəˌfəʊb
Francophobe
ˈfræŋkəʊˌfəʊb
Germanophobe
dʒɜːˈmænəˌfəʊb
gynophobe
ˈdʒaɪnəʊˌfəʊb
halophobe
ˈhæləʊˌfəʊb
hippophobe
ˈhɪpəʊˌfəʊb
necrophobe
ˈnɛkrəʊˌfəʊb
Negrophobe
ˈniːɡrəʊˌfəʊb
ombrophobe
ˈɒmbrəˌfəʊb
photophobe
ˈfəʊtəʊˌfəʊb
Russophobe
ˈrʌsəʊˌfəʊb
technophobe
ˈtɛknəʊˌfəʊb
xenophobe
ˈzɛnəˌfəʊb
zoophobe
ˈzəʊəˌfəʊb

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE NEOPHOBE

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

WORDS THAT END LIKE NEOPHOBE

adobe
ailourophobe
ailurophobe
bathrobe
computerphobe
garderobe
gerontophobe
globe
homophobe
hygrophobe
hypsophobe
jobe
Kobe
lobe
microbe
probe
robe
strobe
the globe
wardrobe

Synonyms and antonyms of neophobe in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «neophobe» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF NEOPHOBE

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The translations of neophobe from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «neophobe» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

neophobe
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

neophobe
570 millions of speakers

English

neophobe
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

neophobe
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

neophobe
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

neophobe
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

neophobe
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

neophiliac
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

neophobe
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Neophiliac
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

neophobe
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

neophobe
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

neophobe
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Neophiliac
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

neophobe
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

neophiliac
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

नेफिलीयाक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

neofilyak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

neophobe
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

neophobe
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

neophobe
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

neophobe
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

neophobe
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

neophobe
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

neophobe
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

neophobe
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of neophobe

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «NEOPHOBE»

The term «neophobe» is barely ever used and occupies the 209.555 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «NEOPHOBE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «neophobe» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «neophobe» 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 neophobe

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «NEOPHOBE»

Discover the use of neophobe in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to neophobe and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Journal of Insurance Information
The combination — more automobiles and more vacationists — should be fallow field for the insurance agent. A Neophobe An agency of one of our member companies in a communication to its agents asks "Are you a Neophobe?" adding  ...
‎1946
2
A New and Improved Standard French and English and English ...
NEOPHOBE, sm. a hater of innovation. NEOPHOBIE, sf. dread of innovation. NEOPHYTE, s. neophyte, new convert NEOTERIQUE, adj. new, modern, neoteric . NEOTTOCRYPTES, sm.pl. family of hymenop- terous insects which live generally ...
Alexander G. Collot, 1856
3
Onward English: 2-Teacher Cassette (Two)
In this sense, and used with restraint, the argument has a certain validity, precisely because common sense is crudely neophobe and conservative so that to have succeeded in forcing the introduction of a new truth is a proof that the truth in ...
4
Office 2010 Library: Excel 2010 Bible, Access 2010 Bible, ...
It's new, and being a neophobe, I don't trust anything that's new. If I absolutely needed to store something more sensitive there, I would use permissions and encryption. Accessing SkyDrive Documents When you come to SkyDrive for the.
John Walkenbach, Michael R. Groh, Herb Tyson, 2010
5
A History of World Order and Resistance: The Making and ...
This common sense of the day we understand as a somewhat neophobe and conservative answer to the vertigo felt by social forces at the very core of the Bretton Woods world order. The impolitics of presence During the short springtime of ...
Andre C. Drainville, 2013
6
Jews in Business and Their Representation in German ...
... lässt sie hinsichdich ihrer Construction und praktischen Brauchbarkeit noch viel zu wünschen übrig, und der Gesundheit ist sie etwa eben so zuträglich, wie das verrückte Velocipede'.38 Glagau was a neophobe. New inventions are highly ...
John Ward, 2010
7
Gramsci and Education
... conceptions, and one can find there anything one likes” (p. 422). It is “an ambiguous, contradictory and multiforrn concept.” Nonetheless, although it is “ crudely neophobe and conservative,” it contains truths, as we have seen above in ...
Carmel Borg, Joseph A. Buttigieg, Peter Mayo, 2002
8
Accented America: The Cultural Politics of Multilingual ...
36 That knowledge said to be “common,” in Gramsci's redefinition, is “crudely neophobe and conservative.” Since societies in various times and locations require different assumptions to maintain hegemony, the “common sense” of each social ...
Joshua L. Miller, 2011
9
Educated Tastes: Food, Drink, and Connoisseur Culture
Because the truth is closer to what very many parents have long suspected: Being a neophobe is not simply a matter of nurture. It might be in your nature. The most recent research into the science of taste has found that not only do we all taste ...
Jeremy Strong, 2011
10
Winning the Food Fight: How to Introduce Variety Into Your ...
The neophobe will more easily learn to appreciate sushi when invited out to a Japanese restaurant with friends than when alone at home or with indifferent business associates who might laugh at their hesitations. Like adults, children are ...
Natalie Rigal, 2006

5 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «NEOPHOBE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term neophobe is used in the context of the following news items.
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Revolt – GSU students protest station takeover
Nor am I a neophobe, fearing change at every turn. If 88 falls prey to unwelcomed programming in those hours that I find it most convenient to ... «Decaturish.com, May 14»
2
The Nostalgia Factor
... have given you the impression that I'm some kind of stubborn aging neophobe who insists that everything stay exactly the way I like it forever. «The Escapist, Feb 14»
3
Clear: Pleasure and the Pursuit of the Minimum App
This novelty will make it a challenge for some neophobe users. It does take a few minutes to get the hang of it and several sessions before it ... «Forbes, Feb 12»
4
Book review: New: Understanding Our Need For Novelty and Change
Agatha Christie was a neophobe; so, probably, was Thomas Edison. For those of us hungrier for the new, again, it's both a good thing and a ... «CanadianBusiness.com, Jan 12»
5
Need for novelty, change requires balancing act
Gallagher distinguishes three "neo" personality types: the neophobe (who avoids change), the neophile (who embraces it), and the neophiliac, ... «Winnipeg Free Press, Jan 12»

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