neophobian.
/ˌniːə(ʊ)ˈfəʊbɪə/, U.S. /ˌnioʊˈfoʊbiə/, /ˌniəˈfoʊbiə/ Fear or dislike of what is new; aversion to novelty; (also, occasionally) an instance of this.
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the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > newness or novelty > [noun] > novelty or unusual character of something > dislike of new things
neophobia1886
1886 Pop. Sci. Monthly Oct. 782 In the student, curiosity takes the place of neophobia.
1923 Sci. Monthly Apr. 447/2 The progress of mankind has been in all ages greatly retarded and at times altogether prevented by a curious sort of disease of the mind technically known as neophobia.
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).
1983 Amer. Naturalist 112 450 Just as a neophobia may restrict a warbler from feeding at some microhabitats, variation in neophobia may be important in determining the level of specialization of different warbler species.
1994 New Scientist 25 June 51/2 If happiness is the name of the game why not start taking heroin?.. Let's just ignore those puritanical pundits who are apparently only objecting because of neophobia.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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