digital autism
digital autism noun: autism-like symptoms thought to result from excessive screen time.
Noun
digital autism (uncountable)
- Autism-like symptoms thought to result from excessive screen time.
- The authors have considered digital autism from the perspective of the most pressing problem of our time […]2020, Svetlana Igorevna Ashmarina, Valentina Vyacheslavovna Mantulenko, Current Achievements, Challenges and Digital Chances of Knowledge Based Economy, page 642
- Freedom from reality and its objectivity can lead a human being not only to self-development and creativity but to the highest degree of loneliness and digital autism (Kuss, D.J., Griffiths, M.D., Karila, L., & Billieux, J., 2014). It can also amplify escapism and suicidal ideas typical of...2020, Mehdi Khosrowpour, editor, Encyclopedia of Criminal Activities and the Deep Web, page 665
- Synonyms:
- virtual autism
Synonyms of digital autism
Questions about digital autism
- What does digital autism mean?
- Digital autism means autism-like symptoms thought to result from excessive screen time.
- What part of speech is digital autism?
- Digital autism is a noun.
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