overexcitability

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

over- +‎ excitability

Noun[edit]

overexcitability (usually uncountable, plural overexcitabilities)

  1. The state of being overexcitable.
    • 2005, James T. Webb with Edward R. Amend and Nadia Webb, Misdiagnosis and dual diagnoses of gifted children and adults: ADHD, Bipolar, OCD, Asperger's, Depression and other Disorders‎[1]:
      Not surprisingly, many children and adults with this particular overexcitability attempt to avoid or minimize certain settings of overstimulation.
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