cognitohazardous

US/kɔɡˈni.toʊˌhæ.zɚ.dɪs/US/kɑɡˈni.toʊˌhæ.zɚ.dɪs/US/kɔɡˈni.təˌhæ.zɚ.dɪs/US/kɑɡˈni.təˌhæ.zɚ.dɪs/

adjective

Being, containing, or pertaining to a cognitohazard.

“Rapidly-flashing lights are cognitohazardous to people with certain forms of epilepsy, resulting in seizures.”

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Meanings

adjectivecognitohazardous (comparative more cognitohazardous, superlative most cognitohazardous)

comparative more cognitohazardous · superlative most cognitohazardous

  1. literatureBeing, containing, or pertaining to a cognitohazard.

    Rapidly-flashing lights are cognitohazardous to people with certain forms of epilepsy, resulting in seizures.

    1 more example

    Had the unknown girl who'd written those things somehow added to the end of the book without realizing what it was? Or had it acquired cognitohazardous properties after she was already dead?

    2014, Matt Dymerski, The Portal in the Forest, Proximate Publishing, →ISBN

Origin

From cognitohazard + -ous.

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APA

cognitohazardous. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cognitohazardous

MLA

“cognitohazardous.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cognitohazardous. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cognitohazardous,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cognitohazardous.

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