paleophobia

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noun

The aversion to certain foods forming part of a diet associated with an earlier nutritional deficiency or other illness.

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Meanings

nounpaleophobia (uncountable)
  1. uncountablebiologyThe aversion to certain foods forming part of a diet associated with an earlier nutritional deficiency or other illness.

    The neophilia of thiamine-deficient rats could be a direct consequence of a specific aversion for familiar deficient diet (paleophobia). On the other hand, it is also possible that a true neophilia exists along with the paleophobia.

    1967, Paul Rozin, “Specific aversions as a component of specific hungers”, in Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology, volume 64, number 2, →DOI, page 242

Origin

From paleo- + -phobia.

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