What does "hypomania" mean?

A mild form of mania, especially the phase of several mood disorders characterized by euphoria or hyperactivity.

What is a synonym for "hypomania"?

Common synonyms include: hypermania.

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A mild form of mania, especially the phase of several mood disorders characterized by euphoria or hyperactivity. countable, uncountable
"She was lovely beyond all others, this Jewish dervish, with her sense of space and history, her echo-box of racial memories, her gallant hypomania."

"She was lovely beyond all others, this Jewish dervish, with her sense of space and history, her echo-box of racial memories, her gallant hypomania."

From hypo- + -mania, after German Hypomanie.

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