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cognitohazard

Syllables: cog·ni·to·haz·ardUK/kɒɡˈni.təʊˌhæ.zəd/US/kɔɡˈni.toʊˌhæ.zəɹd/

cognitohazard noun: a sensory signal (such as an image or sound) that directly causes harmful or undesired physiological effects to one who senses or perceives it.

Noun

cognitohazard (plural cognitohazards)

  1. A sensory signal (such as an image or sound) that directly causes harmful or undesired physiological effects to one who senses or perceives it.
    • The symbol on that piece of paper is a cognitohazard which puts everyone who reads it in a week-long coma.
    • SUMBITCH. I started listening to http://nyan.cat/ again and now I can't turn it off. #memetic #cognitohazard #scp2011 April 28, @triggurgoat, Twitter, archived from the original on 03 Jan 2023

Examples of cognitohazard in a sentence

  • SCP-2359’s primary anomalous property is a cognitohazard that propagates to anyone who makes visual, auditory or informational contact with it.2016 January 29, StringentCurry, “SCP-2359”, in SCP Foundation, archived from the original on 11 Dec 2022:
  • The last week was devoted to an equally theoretical threat—weaponized cognitohazards.2018, Paul Briggs, Altered Seasons: Monsoonrise, Secant Publishing, →ISBN:
  • Do you have the cognitohazard equipment?”2020, Azalea Ellis, Gods of Ash and Amber (Seeds of Chaos), Seladore Publishing, →ISBN:
  • Let’s use “cognitohazard” to describe information that could specifically harm the person who knows it.[2020 February 2, eukaryote, “A point of clarification on infohazard terminology”, in LessWrong, archived from the original on 11 Dec 2022:

Antonyms of cognitohazard

Forms of cognitohazard

pluralcognitohazards

Origin of cognitohazard

Blend of cognition + hazard, likely coined and popularized by the SCP Foundation wiki.

Words formed from cognitohazard

Questions about cognitohazard

What does cognitohazard mean?
Cognitohazard means a sensory signal (such as an image or sound) that directly causes harmful or undesired physiological effects to one who senses or perceives it.
How do you use cognitohazard in a sentence?
SCP-2359’s primary anomalous property is a cognitohazard that propagates to anyone who makes visual, auditory or informational contact with it.
What part of speech is cognitohazard?
Cognitohazard is a noun.
How do you pronounce cognitohazard?
Cognitohazard is pronounced /kɒɡˈni.təʊˌhæ.zəd/ (UK).
What is the plural of cognitohazard?
The plural of cognitohazard is cognitohazards.

Words near cognitohazard in the dictionary

  1. cognitivisms
  2. cognitivist
  3. cognitivistic
  4. cognitivists
  5. cognitivity
  6. cognitohazard
  7. cognitohazardous
  8. cognitohazards
  9. cognitological
  10. cognitologist
  11. cognitologists

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