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internet addiction disorder

internet addiction disorder is the alternative letter-case form of Internet addiction disorder.

Noun capitalized: Internet addiction disorder

Internet addiction disorder (uncountable)

  1. A disorder characterized by excessive Internet use that interferes with daily life.
    Synonyms:
    IAD

Synonyms of internet addiction disorder

Forms of internet addiction disorder

alternative forminternet addiction disorder

Origin of internet addiction disorder

First used in 1995 by Dr. Ivan K. Goldberg as a joke to parody the complexity and rigidity of the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, but was shortly thereafter legitimized in some spaces as an actual disorder.

Questions about internet addiction disorder

What does internet addiction disorder mean?
Internet addiction disorder means a disorder characterized by excessive Internet use that interferes with daily life.
What is internet addiction disorder the alternative letter-case form of?
Internet addiction disorder is the alternative letter-case form of Internet addiction disorder.
What part of speech is internet addiction disorder?
Internet addiction disorder is a noun.

Words near internet addiction disorder in the dictionary

  1. internerds
  2. internervous
  3. internervular
  4. internes
  5. internet
  6. internet addiction disorder
  7. Internet address
  8. Internet addresses
  9. Internet art
  10. Internet banking
  11. internet brigade

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Adapted from Wiktionary: internet addiction disorder (page history and authors); Internet addiction disorder (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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