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infostress

infostress noun: stress caused by information overload.

Noun

infostress (uncountable)

  1. Stress caused by information overload.
    • If we associate information load with entertaining challenges and the development of our capacity, might our infostress decrease?2008, Torkel Klingberg, The Overflowing Brain : Information Overload and the Limits of Working ...

Origin of infostress

From info- + stress.

Questions about infostress

What does infostress mean?
Infostress means stress caused by information overload.
What part of speech is infostress?
Infostress is a noun.

Words near infostress in the dictionary

  1. infospheres
  2. infostation
  3. infostations
  4. infostealer
  5. infostealers
  6. infostress
  7. infostructural
  8. infostructure
  9. infostructures
  10. infosystem
  11. infosystems

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