In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
NEOPHILIA
Etymology
Noun
neophilia (usually uncountable, plural neophilias)
The love of novelty, new things, innovation, or unfamiliar places or situations.
Antonyms: neophobia, traditionalism, cainophobia, cainotophobia, misoneism
(biology) The preference for any new foods not forming part of the diet associated with an earlier nutritional deficiency or other illness.
Coordinate term: paleophobia
Source: Wiktionary
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