Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Insanity marked by violence and an impulse to acts of cruelty.
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- noun A personality type characterized by an excessively positive disposition similar to, but more stable than, the
hypomania ofbipolar disorder .
Etymologies
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From hyper- + -thymia.
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Examples
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Could Thassa somehow be gifted in this sense, or does she perhaps "suffer" from a rare condition known as hyperthymia
California Literary Review David Loftus 2009
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In "Generosity," which centers on the search for a happiness gene, a writing professor discovers that one of his students has hyperthymia, a rare trait that generates euphoria.
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This resilience, I believe, grew out of his personality, which is a fine case example of hyperthymia.
NYT > Home Page By NASSIR GHAEMI 2011
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This resilience, I believe, grew out of his personality, which is a fine case example of hyperthymia.
NYT > Home Page By NASSIR GHAEMI 2011
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