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Neophile

Neophile or Neophiliac, a term popularised by author Robert Anton Wilson, is a personality type characterized by a strong affinity for novelty. The term was used earlier by Christopher Booker in his 1969 book The Neophiliacs, and by J. D. Salinger in his 1965 short story "Hapworth 16, 1924".

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Neophile

Nodes38
Edges37
Triples9
Avg. degree1.95
Density0.052632
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related to Types · 5
Neophile → Eric, Open-source, Raymond, There, These
related to Characteristics · 2
Neophile → Neophiles/Neophiliacs, The
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Neophile → neophobe

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novelty neophiles term observes raymond neophilia wilson extreme change especially science areas robert anton personality type book neophiliacs characteristics see

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Neophileis aneophobe0.90text
fringe philosophy or the occultinstance ofetc. as well as in or around nontraditional areas of thought0.80text
Neophilerelated to CharacteristicsNeophiles/Neophiliacs0.60section
Neophilerelated to CharacteristicsThe0.60section
Neophilerelated to TypesOpen-source0.60section
Neophilerelated to TypesEric0.60section
Neophilerelated to TypesRaymond0.60section
Neophilerelated to TypesThere0.60section
Neophilerelated to TypesThese0.60section

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