Neophilia

2 definitions found

From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [jargon]:

  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 (see {geek}).
     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'.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  neophilia
       
          /nee"oh-fil"-ee-*/ 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".
       
          [{Jargon File}]
       
          (1999-06-04)