Definitions For Neophilia

Noun

NEOPHILIA (plural - or s) The love of novelty, new things, innovation, or unfamiliar places or situations. : {{ant, en, neophobia, traditionalism, cainophobia, cainotophobia, misoneism}} (biology) The preference for any new foods not forming part of the diet associated with an earlier nutritional deficiency or other illness. : {{cot, en, paleophobia}}

Related terms

{{col4, en

Translations

Finnish: neofilia French: néophilie, f German: Neophilie, f Italian: neofilia, f Japanese: 好奇心, tr=こうきしん, kōkishin Spanish: neofilia, f

See also

ephemerality progressivism

Etymology

{{confix, en, neo, philia}}.

Is Neophilia a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
14
Words with Friends
16

The word Neophilia is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends

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