digital addiction

noun

An impulse control disorder involving the obsessive use of mobile devices, particularly social media, or the Internet or video games.

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Meanings

noundigital addiction (countable and uncountable, plural digital addictions)

plural digital addictions

  1. countableuncountablehuman sciencesAn impulse control disorder involving the obsessive use of mobile devices, particularly social media, or the Internet or video games.
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APA

digital addiction. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/digital%20addiction

MLA

“digital addiction.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/digital%20addiction. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “digital addiction,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/digital%20addiction.

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