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HYPERACTIVITY

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Dictionary entry overview: What does hyperactivity mean?

• HYPERACTIVITY (noun)
The noun HYPERACTIVITY has 1 sense:

1. a condition characterized by excessive restlessness and movement

Familiarity information: HYPERACTIVITY used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• HYPERACTIVITY (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A condition characterized by excessive restlessness and movement

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("hyperactivity" is a kind of...):

disorder; upset (condition in which there is a disturbance of normal functioning)

Holonyms ("hyperactivity" is a part of...):

ADD; ADHD; attention deficit disorder; attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; hyperkinetic syndrome; MBD; minimal brain damage; minimal brain dysfunction (a condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders)

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