Boredom
emotional state
Boredom is an emotional state that comes when a person has nothing to do, and is not interested in anything. To stop boredom, most people do something to occupy or amuse themselves.
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The first known use of the word boredom is in the novel Bleak House by Charles Dickens, written in 1852,[1] but the saying to be a bore had been used to mean "to be tiresome or dull" since 1768.[2]
When referring to the mind, boredom is a bad state in which the person feels a deep lack of interest in what is going on around them, and where it is hard to focus.[3]
References
change- ↑ Oxford Old English Dictionary
- ↑ Online Etymology Dictionary
- ↑ Fisher, C. D. (1993). Boredom at work: A neglected concept. Human Relations, 46, 395–417, p. 396.