Nomophobia
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Name (Latin)
Nomophobia
Other forms of name
No mobile phone phobia
Nomofobia
See Also From tracing topical name
Anxiety
Phobias
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
Wikidata:
Q1066591
Library of congress:
sh2020000550
Sources of Information
- Work cat: Nomofobia, 2015:p. 4, etc. (Nomophobia: the term originated in England, based on "No mobile phone" phobia; it is thought to be a phobia as opposed to a generalized state of fear as it can be directly linked to a cause, in this case by no access to a cell phone)
- Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, April 2019 (Nomophobia; No Mobile Phone Phobia; it falls under phobias for specific items; anxiety can manifest itself by agitation or tachycardia)
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Wikipedia description:
Nomophobia (short for "no mobile phobia") is the fear of not having a working mobile phone. It has been considered a symptom of problematic digital media use in mental health, the definitions of which are not standardized for technical and genetic reasons. Prior to the 2008 re-coining of the above neologism as a portmanteau, the term "nomophobia" was coined in 1803 as a standard neoclassical compound word defined as aversion to or fear of laws or rules according to the Oxford English Dictionary.
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