Phrase guide

filter bubble

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A state of intellectual isolation resulting from exposure to only highly personalized Internet content (which is insular and polarizing).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Synonyms: none provided

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History

Etymology

Coined by American author, activist, and entrepreneur Eli Pariser in 2010.

Across languages

Translations

37 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: فقاعة المرشح — Translations
  • Catalan: filtre bombolla — Translations
  • Chinese Mandarin: 同溫層 /同温层 (tóngwēncéng) — Translations
  • Czech: sociální bublina — Translations
  • Dutch: informatieluchtbel — Translations
  • Estonian: filtrimull — Translations
  • Finnish: tietokupla — Translations
  • Finnish: informaatiokupla — Translations
  • French: bulle de filtres — Translations
  • French: bulle de filtrage — Translations
  • Georgian: საინფორმაციო ბუშტი (sainpormacio bušṭi) — Translations
  • Georgian: ინფორმაციის ბუშტი (inpormaciis bušṭi) — Translations
  • Georgian: ფილტრის ბუშტი (pilṭris bušṭi) — Translations
  • German: Filterblase — Translations
  • Hebrew: בועת הפילטר — Translations
  • Hindi: फिल्टर बबल (philṭar babal) — Translations
  • Hungarian: információs szűrőbuborék — Translations
  • Indonesian: gelembung tersaring — Translations
  • Italian: bolla di filtraggio — Translations
  • Japanese: フィルターバブル — Translations
  • Korean: 필터 버블 (pilteo beobeul) — Translations
  • Latvian: filtru burbulis — Translations
  • Lithuanian: filtro burbulas — Translations
  • Norwegian: filterboble — Translations
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: filterboble — Translations
  • Persian: حباب فیلتر — Translations
  • Polish: bańka informacyjna — Translations
  • Polish: bańka filtrująca — Translations
  • Portuguese: filtro de bolha — Translations
  • Russian: пузырь фильтров (puzyrʹ filʹtrov) — Translations
  • Slovak: filtračná bublina — Translations
  • Spanish: filtro burbuja — Translations
  • Swedish: filterbubbla — Translations
  • Swedish: ekokammare — Translations
  • Ukrainian: інформаційна бульбашкa (informacijna bulʹbaška) — Translations
  • Welsh: swigen hidlydd — Translations
  • Zazaki: parzunê mesker — Translations