infomania
/in-fuh-mey-nee-uh, ‐foh‐/US // ˌɪn fəˈmeɪ ni ə, ‐foʊ‐ //UK // (ˌɪnfəʊˈmeɪnɪə) //
信息狂热症,信息狂人,信息狂热,信息狂
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : excessive enthusiasm for acquiring knowledge.
- : Digital Technology. an obsessive need to constantly check emails, social media, online news, etc.: The fear of being out of the loop, not in the know, fuels infomania, especially among teens.the effects of this obsession, especially a decline in the ability to concentrate: She attributes her increasingly poor “life management skills” to infomania.
Examples
Infomania, they say, is more subtly crippling than physical hoarding.
Panicked, I reached out to hoarding experts, who often refer to any kind of obsessive digital collecting as “infomania.”
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