neophilia
English
Etymology
neo- + -philia.
Noun
neophilia (usually uncountable, plural neophilias)
- The love of new things.
- Antonyms: neophobia, paleophilia
- 2011, Winifred Gallagher, New: Understanding Our Need for Novelty and Change, Penguin (→ISBN)
- LIKE SOCIABILITY, conscientiousness, or any other trait, your particular expression of neophilia has potential advantagesand drawbacks. Exploiting its strengths and compensating for its limitations begins with an understanding of your […]
- 2013, Jonathan Hughes, Simon Sadler, Non-Plan: Essays on Freedom, Participation and Change in Modern Architecture and Urbanism, Routledge (→ISBN), page 2:
- On the one hand, it was certainly imbued with the desire for change (rampant neophilia). On the other hand, it argued that what ordinary people wanted — rather than what planners, architects and other aesthetic judges said they ought to want […]
Related terms
- neophilic
- neophile, neophiliac
Translations
love of new things
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