innovicide
n. To kill a new or unusual idea.
Etymology
Examples
2010
Innovicide
(or how to kill participatory collaboration)
—Anne Hardy & Marilyn Pratt, “The Life and Death Of Innovation Communities,” TEDxBayArea Women, December 11, 2010
2003 (earliest)
The suffix 'cide' is being applied increasingly, beyond the obvious suicide, patricide and regicide. 'A shoeicide bomber' had explosive footwear, while 'suitorcide' is destroying one's chances with a potential mate, 'liberticide' is the crushing of a freedom and 'innovicide' is restricting new ideas.
—John Hind, “What's the word?: Pestercide n. death by juvenile nagging,”
The Observer
, August 17, 2003
Notes
The suffix -cide comes from the Latin suffix -cida, which means "to kill". In this word, this suffix is blended with innovation to give the definition above. There are many other "-cide" words in English, including such death industry standards as "suicide", "homicide", and "genocide". Here are a few unusual variations on this theme:

facticide: To kill facts (i.e., distort the truth).
menticide: To kill the mind, as in a brainwashing.
suitorcide: To do something that kills your chances with a potential mate.
tomecide: To kill books, as in a book burning.
liberticide: To reduce or remove freedoms.

Thanks to John K. Mackenzie for suggesting this word.
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