Meanings
nounhypomania (countable and uncountable, plural hypomanias)
plural hypomanias
- countableuncountablemedicineA mild form of mania, especially the phase of several mood disorders characterized by euphoria or hyperactivity.
She was lovely beyond all others, this Jewish dervish, with her sense of space and history, her echo-box of racial memories, her gallant hypomania.
1974, Lawrence Durrell, Monsieur, Faber & Faber, published 1992, page 197
Origin
- GermanHypomanie
- Englishhypomania
From hypo- + -mania, after German Hypomanie.
More words from German
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Czech hypománie
- hypomániemild form of mania
Finnish hypomania
- hypomaniamild form of mania
French hypomanie
- hypomaniemild form of mania
Polish hipomania
- hipomaniamild form of mania
Turkish hipomani
- hipomanimild form of mania
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