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

In the last three decades, as involuntary outpatient treatment for people with serious mental health conditions like schizophrenia have expanded to almost every state, the evidence for these programs’ efficacy has remained murky.

— O. Rose Broderick, STAT, 4 Aug. 2026
Colt did not have any signs of insanity, schizophrenia or bipolar disorder, Richards said.

— Danya Gainor, CNN Money, 28 July 2026

Definition of schizophrenia

Noun

Reddington used cross-examination to argue those observations did not establish Clancy was free of psychosis at the time of the killings.

— Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 4 Aug. 2026
The defense has their own expert witnesses set to testify, setting up the two sides to present conflicting arguments over Lindsay Clancy’s mental state, her medications, and postpartum psychosis.

— Colleen Cronin, Boston Herald, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of psychosis

Noun

But on this night, three weeks after the birth of CHOP, the air is filled not with songs, chants and demands for justice, but with paranoia, menace, gunshots.

— Sydney Brownstone, NPR, 2 Aug. 2026
Cady turns their lives into a trap of paranoia and, indeed, fear, while procuring plausible deniability to avoid consequences.

— Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 31 July 2026

Definition of paranoia

Noun

Postpartum psychosis is a rare but serious medical emergency characterized by severe, rapid onset psychiatric episodes such as mania, depression or hallucinations.

— Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 7 Aug. 2026
All the mining operations have pivoted their best GPUs to the data center mania.

— Josh Brown,Sean Russo, CNBC, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of mania

Noun

Kan finds genuine optimism in the diminishing stigma surrounding dementia, which encourages earlier diagnoses and more open conversations, empowering individuals to live more actively with the condition.

— Sue Peschin, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
Along with all these obligations, Tonina is taking care of her bedridden mother, who is suffering from dementia.

— Leo Barraclough, Variety, 3 Aug. 2026