NEOPHILIA

PRONUNCIATION: (nee-uh-FIL-ee-uh)

MEANING: noun: The love of what’s new or novel.

ETYMOLOGY: From Greek neo- (new) + -philia (love). Earliest documented use: 1899. The opposite is neophobia.
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ONE-O-PHILIA - love of tightly-fought low-scoring games

DEOPHILIA - affection for The Banana-Boat Song ("Daylight Come and me want go Home")

NETOPHILIA - penchant for playing way up toward the front of the tennis court