Usually means: Fear of new ideas, concepts.
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  1. ideophobia: Wiktionary
  2. ideophobia: Dictionary.com

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  1. ideophobia: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
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  4. ideophobia: Medical dictionary

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  1. Ideophobia: The Phobia List

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Definitions from Wiktionary (ideophobia)

▸ noun:  An inordinate fear of ideas, especially new ones, or of reasoning.

Similar:
neophobia, technophobia, phobosophy, phobia, phobophobia, doxophobia, kenophobia, verbophobia, metathesiophobia, iconophobia, more...

Opposite:
ideophilia, ideophilic, ideophile

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Similar:
neophobia, technophobia, phobosophy, phobia, phobophobia, doxophobia, kenophobia, verbophobia, metathesiophobia, iconophobia, more...

Opposite:
ideophilia, ideophilic, ideophile



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