Citations:nomophobia

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word Citations:nomophobia. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word Citations:nomophobia, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say Citations:nomophobia in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word Citations:nomophobia you have here. The definition of the word Citations:nomophobia will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofCitations:nomophobia, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

English citations of nomophobia

Noun: "fear of not having your mobile turned on"

  • 2008, Peter Armstrong, Cell-out, →ISBN, page 14:
    There was a second article saying that people apparently suffered from Nomophobia – the fear of not having your mobile turned on – which in the Professor's opinion simply proved that they needed to get a life.

Noun: dislike of (religious moral) laws

  • 1857, Ralph Wardlaw, James R. Campbell, Systematic theology, volume 3, page 180:
    The persons of whom I speak have a terror of the very name and mention of the law. They are the morbid subjects of a kind of nomophobia, being in danger of going into fits at every allusion to it[...].
  • 1985, Edward H. Flannery, The anguish of the Jews: twenty-three centuries of antisemitism, →ISBN, page 292:
    Seen in this light, his antisemitism appears in its ultimate essence as a nomophobia, a revolt against the divinely sanctioned moral law or, religiously speaking, a revolt against God.
  • 2002, Stanley E. Porter, Anthony R. Cross, Dimensions of baptism: biblical and theological studies, →ISBN, page 247:
    Despite the danger of the narrowing of discipleship to activism of some kind, the end result here is not acquiescence into Enlightenment autonomy. It is not what may be termed 'nomophobia' (neurotic fear of law or command) though much of that is about.

Noun: "hatred of the usual"

  • 1889, Paul Radestock, Habit and its importance in education: an essay in pedagogical psychology, page ix:
    A sudden change of environment and habits has often proved a great stimulus to consciousness, and genius often manifests what I have elsewhere designated as nomophobia, or hatred of the usual, or a passion for the unwonted.