neophobia

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a morbid fear of novelty

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Surely I could have used some other term though the only adequately descriptive alternative I can think of is Neophobe ...
The self is that which gets lost in translation: a sociolinguistic view of Chinese poetry translation through modernity & parataxis
You'll not soon find another book whose playful author makes room for Kit Carson (neophile extraordinaire), Fran Leibowitz (cranky New York wit and technological neophobe), Eleanor Roosevelt (shy young neophobe, courageous self-made adult neophile), and, inter alios, Galileo, Jackson Pollock, Keith Richards, and Larry Summers.
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"Neophiles" prefer novel products, while "neophobes" stay with familiar products (Besemer 2013, p.
Tensions in Creative Products: Using the Value Square to Model Functional Creativity
Evidence also shows that neophiles - people who like novelty and change - are much happier than neophobes.
New Year's revolution; The resolutions that REALLY will make you happy in 2016
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