digital detox

[ dij-i-tl dee-toks ]

/ ˈdɪdʒ ɪ tl ˈdi tɒks /

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noun Informal.

a period during which a person refrains from using digital or electronic devices in order to break a pattern of excessive or compulsive use, and instead prioritizes face-to-face social interactions, mindfulness, harmony with nature, etc.: If being connected 24/7 makes you feel stressed, anxious, or burned out, it’s time to put down the smartphone and get serious about a digital detox.Teen girls commonly suffer damage to their self-image with exposure to social media and may require a digital detox to address depression and other mental health challenges.

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Origin of digital detox

First recorded in 2010–15

Words nearby digital detox

digital camera, digital citizen, digital clock, digital compact cassette, digital computer, digital detox, digital divide, digital footprint, digital fount, digital frame, digital furrow

How to use digital detox in a sentence

The digital dating sphere can prove tricky, and bruising, for the trans user.
Grindr’s Trans Dating Problem|David Levesley|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Consider, too, that in this digital age, making something public is not only easier but has greater reach.
Public Marriage Proposals Must Die|Tauriq Moosa|December 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
I was, she diagnosed, half joking and half horrified, a “digital hoarder.”
I’m a Digital Hoarder|Lizzie Crocker|December 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Panicked, I reached out to hoarding experts, who often refer to any kind of obsessive digital collecting as “infomania.”
I’m a Digital Hoarder|Lizzie Crocker|December 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST

But in the Digital Age, we're at risk of a new type of hoarding that is equally problematic.
I’m a Digital Hoarder|Lizzie Crocker|December 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Only one typographical error was noted in the conversion of the printed document to digital format.
A Synopsis of the American Bats of the Genus Pipistrellus|Walter W. Dalquest
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The Earliest Arithmetics in English|Anonymous
She set down a tray of Whole Foods organic Oreo clones, a digital recorder, and another yellow pad.
Little Brother|Cory Doctorow
Now I know what it means to see all this digital manipulation around me while my fingers are becoming useless one after the other.
The Life of Ludwig van Beethoven, Volume III (of 3)|Alexander Wheelock Thayer
After trying garlic, squill, and purgatives without advantage, I directed the Digital.
An Account of the Foxglove and some of its Medical Uses|William Withering