infobesity
/ɪnfoʊˈbisɪti/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
5
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Synonym of information overload (“the availability or supply of too much information, or a state of stress which results from it”).
Informal; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "[H]ow information professionals can embrace new social networking technologies, and the move from information to knowledge and meaning, as well as the idea of ‘infobesity’."
- "We live in an age of infobesity. Information overload. Too much choice. You can't stop it – as even the Chinese are finding – by building virtual walls any more."
- "As [Anthony] Lilley (2008) has suggested, we are living in an age of ‘infobesity’."
- "On the data and information front, he believes we are suffering from infobesity. Too much information causes stress and confusion and makes us do irrational things."
- "This module introduces students to the principles of dematerialization, to the need for perpetual mutation, adaptation and to co-evolution phenomena; to the phenomenon of infobesity, and so on."
- "Internet users have access to huge amounts of information. Confronted with infobesity, their attention is rare and volatile."
Etymology
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ɪnfoʊˈbisɪti/
- British English: /ɪnfə(ʊ)ˈbiːsɪti/