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词汇 neophobia
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Definition of neophobia in English:

neophobia

noun niːə(ʊ)ˈfəʊbɪəˌnioʊˈfoʊbiə
mass noun
  • Extreme or irrational fear or dislike of anything new or unfamiliar.

    新奇恐怖症

    Example sentencesExamples
    • To measure neophobia, she filled a dish with peanuts and apples, a treat that she calls ‘the Amazon equivalent of chocolate,’ then dangled an unfamiliar object above it and timed a bird's delay in approaching.
    • It has also been shown that birds may reject novel prey on the basis of unfamiliarity alone or neophobia.
    • To illustrate this point, assembled hacks would be encouraged to try new things, and would thus experience this neophobia first hand.
    • Shyness - the human equivalent of neophobia - can be detected in infants as young as 14 months.
    • To compare object neophobia between populations, a second experiment using a similar protocol and the same individuals as in the prior experiment was conducted.
    • It would also be necessary to determine if their sensitivity to habitat modification is related to neophobia or simply to the inability to learn a novel resource.
    • And it leads me to think that the notion of queer used here is strongly associated with neophilia and neophobia, ie degree of attraction to novelty.

Derivatives

  • neophobic

  • adjective niːəˈfəʊbɪkˌnioʊˈfoʊbɪk
    • Having an extreme or irrational dislike of anything new or unfamiliar.

      新奇恐怖症

      foods rejected by neophobic children
      Example sentencesExamples
      • compared to humans, Neanderthals were extremely neophobic
      • The researchers found that the neophobic rats produced high levels of stress hormones, called glucocorticoids - typically involved in the fight-or-flight stress response - when faced with strange situations.
      • Generally, one would predict that behaviourally flexible species would be more willing to explore particular objects or situations that neophobic species might avoid and more willing to consume potential food resources in general.
      • If the stress response could be suppressed then the more neophobic personalities could probably go through life feeling fear or aversion to new experiences with little resulting damage to their bodies.

Definition of neophobia in US English:

neophobia

nounˌnioʊˈfoʊbiəˌnēōˈfōbēə
  • Extreme or irrational fear or dislike of anything new or unfamiliar.

    新奇恐怖症

    Example sentencesExamples
    • To illustrate this point, assembled hacks would be encouraged to try new things, and would thus experience this neophobia first hand.
    • And it leads me to think that the notion of queer used here is strongly associated with neophilia and neophobia, ie degree of attraction to novelty.
    • It would also be necessary to determine if their sensitivity to habitat modification is related to neophobia or simply to the inability to learn a novel resource.
    • It has also been shown that birds may reject novel prey on the basis of unfamiliarity alone or neophobia.
    • To compare object neophobia between populations, a second experiment using a similar protocol and the same individuals as in the prior experiment was conducted.
    • To measure neophobia, she filled a dish with peanuts and apples, a treat that she calls ‘the Amazon equivalent of chocolate,’ then dangled an unfamiliar object above it and timed a bird's delay in approaching.
    • Shyness - the human equivalent of neophobia - can be detected in infants as young as 14 months.
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