Meanings
plural filter bubbles
- A state of intellectual isolation resulting from exposure to only highly personalized Internet content (which is insular and polarizing).
The other problem with algorithms is that they trap us in what is known as “filter bubbles” — the digital equivalent of an echo chamber, in which our incoming sources of information have been so customized to us that they simply confirm and reinforce what we already believe.
2020 June 16, Brooke Shelby Biggs, “Do you live in a news bubble?”, in Independent LensSynonyms: circle jerk, echo chamber, hugbox, mutual admiration society
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA state of intellectual isolation resulting from exposure to only highly personalized Internet content (which is insular and polarizing).
Origin
Coined by American author, activist, and entrepreneur Eli Pariser in 2010.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic فقاعة المرشح
- فقاعة المرشحTranslations
Catalan filtre bombolla
- filtre bombollaTranslations
Chinese Mandarin 同溫層 /同温层
- 同溫層 /同温层 (tóngwēncéng)Translations
Czech sociální bublina
- sociální bublinaTranslations
Dutch informatieluchtbel
- informatieluchtbelTranslations
Estonian filtrimull
- filtrimullTranslations
Finnish tietokupla, informaatiokupla
- tietokuplaTranslations
- informaatiokuplaTranslations
French bulle de filtres, bulle de filtrage
- bulle de filtresTranslations
- bulle de filtrageTranslations
German Filterblase
- FilterblaseTranslations
Hebrew בועת הפילטר
- בועת הפילטרTranslations
Hindi फिल्टर बबल
- फिल्टर बबल (philṭar babal)Translations
Hungarian információs szűrőbuborék
- információs szűrőbuborékTranslations
Indonesian gelembung tersaring
- gelembung tersaringTranslations
Italian bolla di filtraggio
- bolla di filtraggioTranslations
Japanese フィルターバブル
- フィルターバブルTranslations
Korean 필터 버블
- 필터 버블 (pilteo beobeul)Translations
Latvian filtru burbulis
- filtru burbulisTranslations
Lithuanian filtro burbulas
- filtro burbulasTranslations
Norwegian filterboble
- filterbobleTranslations
Persian حباب فیلتر
- حباب فیلترTranslations
Polish bańka informacyjna, bańka filtrująca
- bańka informacyjnaTranslations
- bańka filtrującaTranslations
Portuguese filtro de bolha
- filtro de bolhaTranslations
Russian пузырь фильтров
- пузырь фильтров (puzyrʹ filʹtrov)Translations
Slovak filtračná bublina
- filtračná bublinaTranslations
Spanish filtro burbuja
- filtro burbujaTranslations
Swedish filterbubbla, ekokammare
- filterbubblaTranslations
- ekokammareTranslations
Ukrainian інформаційна бульбашкa
- інформаційна бульбашкa (informacijna bulʹbaška)Translations
Welsh swigen hidlydd
- swigen hidlyddTranslations
Cite this entry
filter bubble. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/filter%20bubble
“filter bubble.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/filter%20bubble. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “filter bubble,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/filter%20bubble.
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