HYPOMANIA Synonyms: 38 Similar and Opposite Words

hypomania

noun

Definition of hypomania

as in schizophrenia

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Recent Examples of hypomania Cycling between periods of mania or hypomania – high energy and excitement – and depression can have an enormous impact on a person’s daily life, work, and relationships. — New Atlas, 4 Mar. 2025 And then fifteen years later, divorce uprooted us all; my family-first ethic hadn’t withstood the episodes of depression and hypomania that, eerily for me, took hold of my husband for a handful of years at midlife. — Megan Marshall, The New Yorker, 8 Feb. 2025 In general, the hypomania symptoms associated with bipolar 2 may occur at a later age than bipolar 1. — Wendy Wisner, Health, 27 Nov. 2024 Episodes of depression and mania or hypomania (less intense than mania) can cycle with unpredictable timing. — Heidi Moawad, Verywell Health, 18 Oct. 2024 See All Example Sentences for hypomania

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Noun

He had previously been involuntarily admitted to hospital with schizophrenia.

— ABC News, ABC News, 22 Oct. 2026
The victim's wife said her son was diagnosed with schizophrenia five years ago and recently changed medications, which changed his behavior.

— WCCO Staff, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of schizophrenia

Noun

Even before the Clancy trial began, the forensic psychiatrist Susan Hatters-Friedman pointed out to me how quickly the discourse around the case had turned to postpartum psychosis, a rare disorder that affects about one in a thousand new mothers.

— Anja Aronowsky Cronberg, New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2026
As more and more people succumb to AI psychosis, horror movies are (as always) the first to dive into the repercussions.

— K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of psychosis

Noun

The band frequently steers the poppy songwriting offroad by leaning into distortion and ambience, creating moments of both near-mania and hazy unease.

— Sue Park, Pitchfork, 22 Oct. 2026
But this time, the AI wager is concentrated in far fewer companies than the railway mania ever was.

— Ming Lu, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of mania

Noun

Petersen’s research established the concept of mild cognitive impairment, which lies between healthy cognitive aging and dementia.

— Richard Sima, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2026
According to authorities, the victim, Thomas Hegarty, suffered from severe dementia and had owned his Hollywood home for 25 years before four individuals schemed to strip him of his property.

— Joan Murray, CBS News, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of dementia

Noun

Larry David has built one of the greatest careers in comedy out of his own hyperfixations, particular neuroses, and the surreal situations these often lead him into.

— Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 13 Oct. 2026
His delightful turn as the vaguely insufferable, do-gooding mayor in Eddington was there primarily to prod weirdo sheriff Joaquin Phoenix further into homicidal neurosis.

— Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 5 Oct. 2026