digital autism

English

Noun

digital autism (uncountable)

  1. (psychology) Autism-like symptoms thought to result from excessive screen time.
    Synonym: virtual autism
    • 2020, Svetlana Igorevna Ashmarina, ‎Valentina Vyacheslavovna Mantulenko, Current Achievements, Challenges and Digital Chances of Knowledge Based Economy (page 642)
      The authors have considered digital autism from the perspective of the most pressing problem of our time […]
    • 2020, Mehdi Khosrowpour, editor, Encyclopedia of Criminal Activities and the Deep Web, page 665:
      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.
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