Phrase guide

information overload

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

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noun

Meaning 1

The inability to process everything one hears and sees; the availability or supply of an excess of information, or a state of stress which results.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: infobesity, infoglut, infoxication

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Popularized by Alvin Toffler in Future Shock (1970).

Across languages

Translations

15 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Esperanto: informa superŝarĝo — too much information
  • Finnish: informaatioähky — too much information
  • French: surcharge informationnelle — too much information
  • French: surinformation — too much information
  • Galician: sobrecarga de información — too much information
  • Georgian: ინფორმაციული გადატვირთვა (inpormaciuli gadaṭvirtva) — too much information
  • German: Informationsüberflutung — too much information
  • Hungarian: információs túlterhelés/túlterheltség — too much information
  • Japanese: 情報オーバーロード (jōhō ōbārōdo) — too much information
  • Polish: przeciążenie informacyjne — too much information
  • Russian: информацио́нная перегру́зка (informaciónnaja peregrúzka) — too much information
  • Spanish: sobrecarga informativa — too much information
  • Spanish: infoxicación — too much information
  • Swedish: informaatioähky — too much information
  • Ukrainian: інформаці́йне переванта́ження (informacíjne perevantážennja) — too much information