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neophobe

neophobe noun: one who dislikes new or novel things.

Noun

neophobe (plural neophobes)

  1. One who dislikes new or novel things.
    • While mankind is generally ambivalent about a new technology until it directly affects pockets or perceptions, the pundits are out in force with this one, and already we are seeing tensions between neophiles and neophobes.1995, Intermedia, volume 23, page 4

Antonyms of neophobe

Forms of neophobe

pluralneophobes

Origin of neophobe

From neo- + -phobe.

Questions about neophobe

What does neophobe mean?
Neophobe means one who dislikes new or novel things.
What part of speech is neophobe?
Neophobe is a noun.
What is the plural of neophobe?
The plural of neophobe is neophobes.

Words near neophobe in the dictionary

  1. neophilism
  2. neophilological
  3. neophilologist
  4. neophilologists
  5. neophilology
  6. neophobe
  7. neophobes
  8. neophobia
  9. neophobias
  10. neophobic
  11. neophobics

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