neofobia
Portuguese, noun/ˌnɛ.o.foˈbi.ɐ/
neofobia is spelled N-E-O-F-O-B-I-A (8 letters). Neofobia is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “neophobia (aversion to all progress, to all innovations)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “aversão ou medo excessivo diante de novidades, de tudo que é novo ou moderno; transtorno caracterizado pela…”.
What does neofobia mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineneophobia (aversion to all progress, to all innovations)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. aversão ou medo excessivo diante de novidades, de tudo que é novo ou moderno; transtorno caracterizado pela resistência em experimentar situações, ideias ou objetos desconhecidos; misoneísmo
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of neofobia
- neofobias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce neofobia?
- Brazil /ˌnɛ.o.foˈbi.ɐ/
- Portugal /ˌnɛ.ɔ.fuˈbi.ɐ/
- Portugal [ˌnɛ.ɔ.fuˈβi.ɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to neofobia
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.