英语词汇“neophobia”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

If you suffer from neophobia, you're terrified of new things. Your neophobia might keep you from moving out of your dark, cramped apartment into a new house.

People with neophobia have deep anxiety and fear associated with any experience or thing that's new. If your grandmother seems scared to learn how to use a computer, it may be because of neophobia. The word is often used by biologists who study animals, too: the behavior of certain birds tends to be affected by neophobia. The word itself combines neo, or "new" in Greek, and phobos, or "fear."

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neophobia

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Sugar is the notable exception to “food neophobia,” as researchers call that early innate fear.

New York Times(Oct 08, 2014)

Animals have been shown to differ, sometimes hugely, on traits like shyness, boldness, aggressiveness and neophobia, or fear of the new.

New York Times(May 11, 2014)

Scientists have a term for when children won’t try new foods — “food neophobia” — and it makes sense from an evolutionary perspective.

Washington Post(Mar 17, 2014)

n a morbid fear of novelty

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simple phobia

any phobia (other than agoraphobia) associated with relatively simple well-defined stimuli

单词	neophobia
释义	neophobia (once / 1969886 pages) n If you suffer from neophobia, you're terrified of new things. Your neophobia might keep you from moving out of your dark, cramped apartment into a new house. People with neophobia have deep anxiety and fear associated with any experience or thing that's new. If your grandmother seems scared to learn how to use a computer, it may be because of neophobia. The word is often used by biologists who study animals, too: the behavior of certain birds tends to be affected by neophobia. The word itself combines neo, or "new" in Greek, and phobos, or "fear." WORD FAMILY neophobia USAGE EXAMPLES Sugar is the notable exception to “food neophobia,” as researchers call that early innate fear. New York Times(Oct 08, 2014) Animals have been shown to differ, sometimes hugely, on traits like shyness, boldness, aggressiveness and neophobia, or fear of the new. New York Times(May 11, 2014) Scientists have a term for when children won’t try new foods — “food neophobia” — and it makes sense from an evolutionary perspective. Washington Post(Mar 17, 2014) n a morbid fear of novelty Hyper simple phobia any phobia (other than agoraphobia) associated with relatively simple well-defined stimuli
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