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Meaning of paleophobia | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

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

uncountable

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

C1
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This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

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