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Internet addiction disorder
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internet addiction disorder
English
Etymology
First used in 1995 by Dr. Ivan K. Goldberg as a joke to parody the complexity and rigidity of the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, but was shortly thereafter legitimized in some spaces as an actual disorder.
Noun
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en neurology pathology A disorder characterized by excessive Internet use that interferes with daily life.
Alternative forms
en internet addiction disorder
Synonyms
en IAD initialism
Related terms
en digital addiction
en cyberaddiction
See also
en Internet gaming disorder