neophilia: /nee`oh-fil'-ee-*/ n. The trait of being excited and
pleased by novelty. Common among most hackers, SF fans, and members
of several other connected leading-edge subcultures, including the
pro-technology `Whole Earth' wing of the ecology movement, space
activists, many members of Mensa, and the Discordian/neo-pagan
underground. All these groups overlap heavily and (where evidence
is available) seem to share characteristic hacker tropisms for
science fiction, music, and oriental food. The opposite
tendency is `neophobia'.
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