hypomania
noun
a mania of low intensity.
hypomanic
-
a word derived from
hypomania.
Example Sentences
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She became hypomanic and had depression and anxiety.
From BBC ● Feb. 6, 2026
I spent the rest of high school and college at a hypomanic baseline, writing through my agitation late into the night in scribbled poems and grandiose ideas.
From Slate ● Mar. 30, 2023
But when someone's hypomanic, they become more agitated, more energized, more impulsive.
From Salon ● Nov. 18, 2019
If she had coffee with someone and became too excited and talkative, she thought, Oh, my God, I might be hypomanic right now.
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 1, 2019
Just as we regress in sleep, to rise refreshed for a new day's duties, so the stupor case often shows excessive energy in a hypomanic phase before complete normality is reached.
From Benign Stupors A Study of a New Manic-Depressive Reaction Type by John T. (John Thompson) MacCurdy
