Definition of nomophobia
: fear of being without access to a working cell phone
Using the online polling service OnePull, SecurEnvoy found that 66% of the 1,000 people surveyed in the United Kingdom say they fear losing or being without their phone. Just four years ago a similar survey found that only 53% of people suffered from nomophobia (no-mobile-phobia).— Deborah Netburn, The Los Angeles Times, 17 Feb. 2012
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The first known use of nomophobia was in 2008
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