neophilian.
/ˌnɪəˈfɪlɪə/, U.S. /ˌnioʊˈfɪljə/, /ˌnioʊˈfɪliə/ Love of, preference for, or great interest in what is new; a love of novelty.
ΘΚΠ
the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > newness or novelty > [noun] > novelty or unusual character of something > fondness for novelty
newfangledism1883
neophilia1899
neophily1932
1899 Polit. Sci. Q. 14 406 There is, he [sc. Lombroso] remarks, a constant flow of common criminality into the field of political neophilia.
1942 Sociometry 5 210 That society whose individual personalities are least controlled by tradition will contain those who are controlled by whim, neophilia, coercion, regimentation, etc.
1966 R. Morris & D. Morris Men & Apes vii. 217 There is a perpetual struggle going on inside the brain, between the fear of the new (neophobia) and the love of the new (neophilia).
1972 Daily Tel. 2 Aug. 2/2 The exaltation of novelty (neophilia) had been turned into a cult.
1993 Guardian 17 Sept. i. 5/4 Linguistic neophilia had one pitfall. As her volume went to press with karaoke proudly in it, her daughter said the craze was going out of fashion.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
<
n.1899