overexcitability
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From over- + excitability.
Noun
[edit]overexcitability (usually uncountable, plural overexcitabilities)
- 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.