English Explanatory Dictionary

information overload

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The inability to process everything one hears and sees; the availability or supply of an excess of information, or a state of stress which results.

Word forms

information overload

Etymology

Popularized by Alvin Toffler in Future Shock (1970).

Synonyms

infobesity infoglut infoxication

Related words

information fatigue information fatigue syndrome infostress infotrash sensory overload
This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.
Back to search All on I Russian dictionary Dahl dictionary