neophile
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]neophile (plural neophiles)
- A lover of new or novel things.
- Synonym: neophiliac
- Antonym: neophobe
- 1995, Intermedia, volume 23, page 4:
- While mankind is generally ambivalent about a new technology until it directly affects pockets or perceptions, the pundits are out in force with this one, and already we are seeing tensions between neophiles and neophobes.