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cocktail party deafness

cocktail party deafness noun: the inability to focus one's attention on a single auditory source in a jumble of noises.

Noun

cocktail party deafness (uncountable)

  1. The inability to focus one's attention on a single auditory source in a jumble of noises.

Origin of cocktail party deafness

See cocktail party effect.

Questions about cocktail party deafness

What does cocktail party deafness mean?
Cocktail party deafness means the inability to focus one's attention on a single auditory source in a jumble of noises.
What part of speech is cocktail party deafness?
Cocktail party deafness is a noun.

Words near cocktail party deafness in the dictionary

  1. cocktail music
  2. cocktail onion
  3. cocktail onions
  4. cocktail parties
  5. cocktail party
  6. cocktail party deafness
  7. cocktail party effect
  8. cocktail party effects
  9. cocktail party graph
  10. cocktail party graphs
  11. cocktail peanut

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