nomophobia
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Nomophobia (short for "no mobile phobia") is the fear of not having a working mobile phone. It has been considered a symptom of problematic digital media use in mental health, the definitions of which are not standardized for technical and genetic reasons.
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Nomophobia (short for "no mobile phobia") is the fear of not having a working mobile phone. It has been considered a symptom of problematic digital media use in mental health, the definitions of which are not standardized for technical and genetic reasons.
Prior to the 2008 re-coining of the above neologism as a portmanteau, nomophobia was first coined in 1803 as a standard neoclassical compound word defined as aversion to or fear of laws or rules according to the Oxford English Dictionary.