hyperactivity

English

Etymology

From hyper- +‎ activity.

Pronunciation

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Noun

hyperactivity (usually uncountable, plural hyperactivities)

1. The quality of being hyperactive; excessive and pathological movement and restlessness

Derived terms

• attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
• attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder
• sympathetic hyperactivity

 

Related terms

• hyperactive

Translations

Quality of being hyperactive

• Belarusian: гіперакты́ўнасць f (hipjeraktýŭnascʹ)
• Czech: hyperaktivita f
• Danish: hyperaktivitet c
• Faroese: ovurvirkni
• Finnish: hyperaktiivisuus, yliaktiivisuus
• French: hyperactivité (fr) f
• German: Hyperaktivität (de) f
• Greek: υπερκινητικότητα (el) f (yperkinitikótita), υπερδραστηριότητα (el) f (yperdrastiriótita)
• Hungarian: hiperaktivitás (hu)
• Icelandic: ofvirkni f
• Indonesian: hiperaktivitas
• Irish: hipirghníomhaíocht f
• Italian: iperattività f
• Japanese: 多動 (ja) (tadō), 多動性 (tadōsei)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: hyperaktivitet

  Nynorsk: hyperaktivitet

• Polish: hiperaktywność (pl) f, nadpobudliwość (pl) (literally “overexcitability”), nadaktywność (pl) f
• Russian: гиперакти́вность (ru) f (giperaktívnostʹ)
• Swedish: hyperaktivitet c
• Ukrainian: гіперакти́вність f (hiperaktývnistʹ)