paleophobia

English

Etymology

From paleo- +‎ phobia.

Noun

paleophobia (uncountable)

  1. (biology) The aversion to certain foods forming part of a diet associated with an earlier nutritional deficiency or other illness.
    Coordinate term: neophilia
    • 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:
      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.
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