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sensory overload

sensory overload noun: receipt of too much information or stimulation at once, leading to an inability to process it.

Noun

sensory overload (countable and uncountable, plural sensory overloads)

  1. (autism, mental health) Receipt of too much information or stimulation at once, leading to an inability to process it.

Forms of sensory overload

pluralsensory overloads

Questions about sensory overload

What does sensory overload mean?
Sensory overload means receipt of too much information or stimulation at once, leading to an inability to process it.
What part of speech is sensory overload?
Sensory overload is a noun.
What is the plural of sensory overload?
The plural of sensory overload is sensory overloads.

Words near sensory overload in the dictionary

  1. sensory gating
  2. sensory hypersensitivity
  3. sensory memory
  4. sensory neuron
  5. sensory neurons
  6. sensory overload
  7. sensory overloads
  8. sensory play
  9. sensory processing disorder
  10. sensory processing sensitivities
  11. sensory processing sensitivity

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