"neophobic" meaning in English

See neophobic in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Etymology: From neo- + -phobic. Etymology templates: {{confix|en|neo|phobic}} neo- + -phobic Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} neophobic (not comparable)
  1. Afflicted by neophobia; fearing or disliking what is new Tags: not-comparable Related terms: neophobe, neophobia
    Sense id: en-neophobic-en-adj-YHcEX8I7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with neo-, English terms suffixed with -phobic, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 65 35 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with neo-: 48 52 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -phobic: 48 52 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 76 24 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 87 13

Noun

Forms: neophobics [plural]
Etymology: From neo- + -phobic. Etymology templates: {{confix|en|neo|phobic}} neo- + -phobic Head templates: {{en-noun}} neophobic (plural neophobics)
  1. (psychology) A person or animal that fears or dislikes new or novel experiences or food. Categories (topical): Psychology Synonyms: paleophobic
    Sense id: en-neophobic-en-noun-sX2GgTXR Categories (other): English terms prefixed with neo-, English terms suffixed with -phobic Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with neo-: 48 52 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -phobic: 48 52 Topics: human-sciences, psychology, sciences

Inflected forms

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "neo",
        "3": "phobic"
      },
      "expansion": "neo- + -phobic",
      "name": "confix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From neo- + -phobic.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "neophobics",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "neophobic (plural neophobics)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "paleophilic"
        },
        {
          "word": "neophobic"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Psychology",
          "orig": "en:Psychology",
          "parents": [
            "Social sciences",
            "Sciences",
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "48 52",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms prefixed with neo-",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "48 52",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms suffixed with -phobic",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1963, S. A. Barnett, The Rat: A Study in Behavior, Transaction Publishers, →ISBN, page 48:",
          "text": "In unpublished work, P. E. Cowan finds Rattus rattus, like R. norvegicus, to be markedly neophobic. These commensal species have been compared with two Australian congeners, R. fuscipes and R. villosissimus, both largely independent of man and neither neophobic in the laboratory conditions in which they have been tested. The typical new object reaction, first clearly described in investigations of rats as pests, is perhaps a product of natural selection in man-made environments. But there is no universal rule: the commensal house mouse, Mus musculus, displays, instead of typical neophobia, a capricious and unpredictable kind of behavior […]",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1963, S. A. Barnett, The Rat: A Study in Behavior, Transaction Publishers, →ISBN, page 68:",
          "text": "Similarly, it would be appropriate if acutely poisoned rats became neophobic in general (as distinct from avoid-ing a particular food, that is, poison-shy); they should then become correspondingly paleophilic.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A person or animal that fears or dislikes new or novel experiences or food."
      ],
      "id": "en-neophobic-en-noun-sX2GgTXR",
      "links": [
        [
          "psychology",
          "psychology"
        ],
        [
          "fears",
          "fears"
        ],
        [
          "dislikes",
          "dislikes"
        ],
        [
          "new",
          "new"
        ],
        [
          "novel",
          "novel"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(psychology) A person or animal that fears or dislikes new or novel experiences or food."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "paleophobic"
        }
      ],
      "topics": [
        "human-sciences",
        "psychology",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "neophobic"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "neo",
        "3": "phobic"
      },
      "expansion": "neo- + -phobic",
      "name": "confix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From neo- + -phobic.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "neophobic (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "65 35",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "48 52",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms prefixed with neo-",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "48 52",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms suffixed with -phobic",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "76 24",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "87 13",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Afflicted by neophobia; fearing or disliking what is new"
      ],
      "id": "en-neophobic-en-adj-YHcEX8I7",
      "links": [
        [
          "neophobia",
          "neophobia"
        ],
        [
          "new",
          "new"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "neophobe"
        },
        {
          "word": "neophobia"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "neophobic"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English adjectives",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms prefixed with neo-",
    "English terms suffixed with -phobic",
    "English uncomparable adjectives",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "neo",
        "3": "phobic"
      },
      "expansion": "neo- + -phobic",
      "name": "confix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From neo- + -phobic.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "neophobics",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "neophobic (plural neophobics)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "paleophilic"
        },
        {
          "word": "neophobic"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "en:Psychology"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1963, S. A. Barnett, The Rat: A Study in Behavior, Transaction Publishers, →ISBN, page 48:",
          "text": "In unpublished work, P. E. Cowan finds Rattus rattus, like R. norvegicus, to be markedly neophobic. These commensal species have been compared with two Australian congeners, R. fuscipes and R. villosissimus, both largely independent of man and neither neophobic in the laboratory conditions in which they have been tested. The typical new object reaction, first clearly described in investigations of rats as pests, is perhaps a product of natural selection in man-made environments. But there is no universal rule: the commensal house mouse, Mus musculus, displays, instead of typical neophobia, a capricious and unpredictable kind of behavior […]",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1963, S. A. Barnett, The Rat: A Study in Behavior, Transaction Publishers, →ISBN, page 68:",
          "text": "Similarly, it would be appropriate if acutely poisoned rats became neophobic in general (as distinct from avoid-ing a particular food, that is, poison-shy); they should then become correspondingly paleophilic.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A person or animal that fears or dislikes new or novel experiences or food."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "psychology",
          "psychology"
        ],
        [
          "fears",
          "fears"
        ],
        [
          "dislikes",
          "dislikes"
        ],
        [
          "new",
          "new"
        ],
        [
          "novel",
          "novel"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(psychology) A person or animal that fears or dislikes new or novel experiences or food."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "paleophobic"
        }
      ],
      "topics": [
        "human-sciences",
        "psychology",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "neophobic"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English adjectives",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms prefixed with neo-",
    "English terms suffixed with -phobic",
    "English uncomparable adjectives",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "neo",
        "3": "phobic"
      },
      "expansion": "neo- + -phobic",
      "name": "confix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From neo- + -phobic.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "neophobic (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "neophobe"
    },
    {
      "word": "neophobia"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Afflicted by neophobia; fearing or disliking what is new"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "neophobia",
          "neophobia"
        ],
        [
          "new",
          "new"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "neophobic"
}

Download raw JSONL data for neophobic meaning in English (3.2kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-11-06 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-10-02 using wiktextract (fbeafe8 and 7f03c9b). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.