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neophobes

neophobes is the plural of neophobe.

Meaning of neophobe

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

Questions about neophobes

What is neophobes the plural of?
Neophobes is the plural of neophobe.

Words near neophobes in the dictionary

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

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