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Neophobia is an English word. Below you'll find 3 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Neophobia in a sentence

Neophobia meaning

The fear or hatred of novelty, new things, innovation, or unfamiliar places or situations.

Synonyms of Neophobia

simple phobia

Related words

Other words often associated with Neophobia or its synonyms:

phobia

Using Neophobia

  • The main meaning on this page is: The fear or hatred of novelty, new things, innovation, or unfamiliar places or situations.
  • Useful related words include: simple phobia.

Context around Neophobia

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 22.7 words
  • Position in the sentence: 0 start, 2 middle, 1 end
  • Sentence types: 3 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

sparrow 1× weakness 1× termed 1×

Often after:

doi 1× fear 1×

Sentence patterns with Neophobia

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

house sparrow neophobia doi 10 1× of weakness neophobia fear of 1× response termed neophobia and learn 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

cats may reject 1× t r kelly 1× the claim appeals 1×

Common sentence endings:

10 1098 rsbl 1× in the past 1× on others etc 1×

Words around Neophobia

Just before it in the word index:

neopets 29 neopagans 11 neopaganism 6 neopagan 13 neonworld 2 neons 4

Just after it in the word index:

neophoenix 3 neophotonics 4 neophyte 36 neophytes 33 neophytou 5 neopia 2

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaaaand 5 aaah 5 aacl 5 aak 5 aapke 5 aarav 5

Corpus analysis for Neophobia

  • In this selection, "neophobia" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, sparrow, weakness, termed, doi and fear stand out and add context to how "neophobia" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include house sparrow neophobia doi 10 and of weakness neophobia fear of. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "neophobia" sits close to words such as aaaaand, aaah and aacl, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with neophobia

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

T. R. Kelly et al, No, you go first: phenotype and social context affect house sparrow neophobia, DOI: 10.1098/rsbl. (21 words)

Cats may reject novel flavors (a response termed neophobia ) and learn quickly to avoid foods that have tasted unpleasant in the past. (22 words)

The claim appeals to megalophobia (fear of big things), asthenophobia (fear of weakness), neophobia (fear of anything new), soteriophobia (fear of dependence on others), etc. (25 words)

Longer example sentences

The claim appeals to megalophobia (fear of big things), asthenophobia (fear of weakness), neophobia (fear of anything new), soteriophobia (fear of dependence on others), etc. (25 words)

Cats may reject novel flavors (a response termed neophobia ) and learn quickly to avoid foods that have tasted unpleasant in the past. (22 words)

T. R. Kelly et al, No, you go first: phenotype and social context affect house sparrow neophobia, DOI: 10.1098/rsbl. (21 words)

Example sentences (3)

T. R. Kelly et al, No, you go first: phenotype and social context affect house sparrow neophobia, DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.

The claim appeals to megalophobia (fear of big things), asthenophobia (fear of weakness), neophobia (fear of anything new), soteriophobia (fear of dependence on others), etc.

Cats may reject novel flavors (a response termed neophobia ) and learn quickly to avoid foods that have tasted unpleasant in the past.

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "neophobia" in a sentence?
An example: "T. R. Kelly et al, No, you go first: phenotype and social context affect house sparrow neophobia, DOI: 10.1098/rsbl." This page contains 3 example sentences with the word "neophobia" from authentic English texts.
What does "neophobia" mean?
Neophobia means: The fear or hatred of novelty, new things, innovation, or unfamiliar places or situations.
What are synonyms of "neophobia"?
Common synonyms of "neophobia" include: simple phobia.
How many example sentences with "neophobia" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 3 example sentences with "neophobia", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.