English Explanatory Dictionary

social jet lag

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A mismatch between a person's natural and biological sleep rhythms and the schedules imposed by work, school, or social obligations.

Word forms

social jet lag

Etymology

Coined by chronobiologist Till Roenneberg and later popularized by his book Internal Time: Chronotypes, Social Jet Lag, and Why You're So Tired (2012).

Related words

jet lag chronotype
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