Cainophobia
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Cainophobia is a noun meaning The fear of newness and/or of things that are new.
Meaning
The fear of newness and/or of things that are new.
Example Sentences
Sounds like a raging case of cainophobia with a large side helping of gnosiophobia.
The question to ask is whether this free text fixation is the result of report optimization, inertia, or cainophobia.
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.
Word Forms
- cainotophobia
Synonyms for cainophobia
Depending on context, synonyms include neophobia.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include cainotophobia, kainotophobia, neophobia, neophobic, neophobe, technophobia.
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