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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>neophilia</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../N.html" title="N"/><link rel="previous" href="neep-neep.html" title="neep-neep"/><link rel="next" href="nerd.html" title="nerd"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">neophilia</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="neep-neep.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">N</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="nerd.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="neophilia"/><dt xmlns="" id="neophilia"><b>neophilia</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="pronunciation">/nee`oh·fil'·ee·@/</span>, <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> The trait of being excited and pleased by novelty. Common among
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most hackers, SF fans, and members of several other connected leading-edge
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subcultures, including the pro-technology ‘Whole Earth’ wing of
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the ecology movement, space activists, many members of Mensa, and the
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Discordian/neo-pagan underground (see <a href="../G/geek.html"><i class="glossterm">geek</i></a>). All
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these groups overlap heavily and (where evidence is available) seem to
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share characteristic hacker tropisms for science fiction,
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<a href="../M/music.html"><i class="glossterm">music</i></a>, and <a href="../O/oriental-food.html"><i class="glossterm">oriental food</i></a>.
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The opposite tendency is <span class="firstterm">neophobia</span>.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="neep-neep.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../N.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="nerd.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">neep-neep </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> nerd</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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