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infomania

[ in-fuh-mey-nee-uh, ‑foh‑ ]

noun

  1. excessive enthusiasm for acquiring knowledge.
  2. Digital Technology.
    1. 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.

    2. the effects of this obsession, especially a decline in the ability to concentrate:

      She attributes her increasingly poor “life management skills” to infomania.



infomania

/ ˌɪnfəʊˈmeɪnɪə /

noun

  1. an obsessive need or desire for factual information
  2. an obsession with keeping up to date with one's emails, text messages, etc
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of infomania1

First recorded in 1975–80; info(rmation) + mania
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Word History and Origins

Origin of infomania1

C20: from info 1+ -mania
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Example Sentences

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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