Cainophobia
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
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Noun
- 1 The fear of newness and/or of things that are new. uncountable
"It is not by means of a social xenophobia and cainophobia that we shall succeed in junking our sawdust goals but only by a sincere and passionate openness to new experience."
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More examples"It is not by means of a social xenophobia and cainophobia that we shall succeed in junking our sawdust goals but only by a sincere and passionate openness to new experience."
Etymology
From the Ancient Greek roots καινός (kainós, “new”) or καινότης (kainótēs, “newness”) + -phobia.
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