Meanings
- uncountablehuman sciencesAutism-like symptoms thought to result from excessive screen time.
The authors have considered digital autism from the perspective of the most pressing problem of our time […]
2020, Svetlana Igorevna Ashmarina, Valentina Vyacheslavovna Mantulenko, Current Achievements, Challenges and Digital Chances of Knowledge Based Economy, page 6421 more example
Freedom from reality and its objectivity can lead a human being not only to self-development and creativity but to the highest degree of loneliness and digital autism (Kuss, D.J., Griffiths, M.D., Karila, L., & Billieux, J., 2014). It can also amplify escapism and suicidal ideas typical of borderline cases and conditions.
2020, Mehdi Khosrowpour, editor, Encyclopedia of Criminal Activities and the Deep Web, page 665Synonyms: virtual autism
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAutism-like symptoms thought to result from excessive screen time.
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