Internet addiction disorder

English

Etymology

First used in 1995 by Dr. Ivan K. Goldberg as a joke to parody the complexity and rigidity of the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, but was shortly thereafter legitimized in some spaces as an actual disorder.

Noun

Internet addiction disorder (uncountable)

  1. (neurology, pathology) A disorder characterized by excessive Internet use that interferes with daily life.

Alternative forms

Synonyms
  • IAD (initialism)

See also
  • Internet gaming disorder
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