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

Recent Examples of Synonyms for hypomania

Noun

The Stand By Me filmmaker’s son was diagnosed with schizophrenia years ago and had been treating it with medication.

— Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 15 Sep. 2026
The Times reported last year that he was prescribed medication for schizophrenia before the killings, though Greene has not raised an insanity defense.

— James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of schizophrenia

Noun

Greg Derr / Pool via The Patriot Ledger Throughout the trial, Reddington argued that Clancy was in the throes of postpartum psychosis and acted on auditory hallucinations that compelled her to carry out the killings.

— Rebecca Cohen, NBC news, 8 Sep. 2026
Postpartum mental health challenges are complex, but there is a huge difference between depression and psychosis.

— Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of psychosis

Noun

In the meantime, his insatiable paranoia will be exacerbated by the missing family cat, and his decision to let the alarm company booby trap the house with fog bombs will literally blow up in his face.

— David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 8 Sep. 2026
The project causes his wife Sofia (Cruz) to question their relationship of 17 years as they are drawn deeper into a life of extreme wealth, paranoia and fear.

— Diana Lodderhose, Deadline, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of paranoia

Noun

Among the people who had donated their brains to research, nearly 60% had been diagnosed with dementia, while just under 19% had a neurodegenerative condition listed as a cause of death.

— Mike McRae September 15, New Atlas, 15 Sep. 2026
As for those extra 13 dementia-free years, the NYU study reinforces that what’s good for the heart is good for the brain.

— Lauran Neergaard, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of dementia

Noun

But in the common vernacular of what neurosis means—someone whose life is put upon them, who feels weighted by the everyday, who struggles with unadulterated joy—that is me in a nutshell.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 21 Aug. 2026
Wonders is also terrific, a ball of neuroses and repression, envious of Elliot’s exploits.

— ABC News, ABC News, 29 July 2026