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Definition of "hypomania" [hypomania]

  • A mild state of mania, especially as a phase of a manic-depressive cycle. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "hypomania" in a sentence
  • "Mild mania, often the start of a stronger mania or even the bipolar illness itself, is called hypomania."
  • "But hypomania, which is also a symptom of the disorder, is a high-energy state in which a person feels exuberant but hasn't lost his or her grip on reality."
  • "There's two types of bipolar disorder, type one, where people have frank manic states, and type two, where they have lower levels of mania called hypomania, where they're still kind of connected to reality, but they're very active; they don't need to sleep very much."