infohazard
UK/ˈɪnfəʊˌhæzəd//ˈɪnfoʊˌhæzɚd/
infohazard noun: a piece of information which is directly harmful to one who knows it.
Noun
infohazard (plural infohazards)
- A piece of information which is directly harmful to one who knows it.
- A basilisk, in this context, is information that can hurt you simply because you are aware of it. Yudkowsky uses the term 'infohazard'.[2019 June 13, Tom Chivers, The AI Does Not Hate You, Orion Publishing Group, →ISBN
- If a meme is any idea that gets in your head, then an "infohazard" is a meme that's actively harmful to its host.2019 August 28, Fletcher Wortmann, “Infohazard Warning: How Internal Memes Infect Your Brain”, in Triggered, Psychology Today, archived from the original on 15 Nov 2021
- Synonyms:
- memetic hazard
- An information hazard; a piece of information which can be used to cause harm by one who knows it.
Synonyms of infohazard
Forms of infohazard
| plural | infohazards |
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Origin of infohazard
Blend of information + hazard or info + hazard. Analogous to biohazard and possibly modeled after it.
Words formed from infohazard
Questions about infohazard
- What does infohazard mean?
- Infohazard means a piece of information which is directly harmful to one who knows it.
- What part of speech is infohazard?
- Infohazard is a noun.
- How do you pronounce infohazard?
- Infohazard is pronounced /ˈɪnfəʊˌhæzəd/ (UK).
- What is the plural of infohazard?
- The plural of infohazard is infohazards.
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