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cyberharassment

noun

Etymology

From cyber- + harassment.

  1. borrowed from harassement
  2. prefixed as cyberharassment — “cyber + harassment”

Definitions

  1. Harassment that takes place online, in cyberspace.

    • […] as the Baker case shows, saying that no physical attacks actually occur and that the cyberrape or cyberharassment is just "words" would not ease the feeling of violation.
    • Similar to the stalking behaviors of an unknown assailant, this type of cyberharassment can cause undue anxiety and hypervigilance in the victim.
    • Cyberbullying can also target adults such as parents or teachers. Cyberbullying can easily escalate into cyberharassment or cyberstalking...

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for cyberharassment. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA