cognitohazardous

English

Etymology

From cognition and hazardous.

Pronunciation
  • (General American) IPA(key): /kɔɡˈni.toʊˌhæ.zɚ.dɪs/, /kɑɡˈni.toʊˌhæ.zɚ.dɪs/, /kɔɡˈni.təˌhæ.zɚ.dɪs/, /kɑɡˈni.təˌhæ.zɚ.dɪs/, /-əs/, [-ni.ɾoʊ-], [-ni.ɾə-], [-ɾɪs], [-ɾəs]

Adjective

cognitohazardous (comparative more cognitohazardous, superlative most cognitohazardous)

  1. (neurology, chiefly science fiction) Being, containing, or pertaining to a cognitohazard.
    Rapidly-flashing lights are cognitohazardous to people with certain forms of epilepsy, resulting in seizures.
    • 2014, Matt Dymerski, The Portal in the Forest, Proximate Publishing, →ISBN:
      Had the unknown girl who'd written those things somehow added to the end of the book without realizing what it was? Or had it acquired cognitohazardous properties after she was already dead?
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