overexcitability
- noun
- /ˌoʊvərɪkˈsaɪtəˌbɪlɪti/
- Specialized
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sobreactividad
- According to Dabrowski, emotional intensity is an important characteristic for gifted children and gifted adults, and he called this intensity overexcitability.
- psychomotor overexcitability
- overexcitability displayed by gifted
- intellectual overexcitability
Examples
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The gifted child expressing imaginational overexcitability through daydreaming may look inattentive, but could be using this uninterrupted time to think creatively (Cramond, 1994).
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Many gifted children experience overexcitability, leading to heightened emotional responses to everyday situations.
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Two articles explore dimensions of the intriguing phenomenon of overexcitability.
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Subjects perceived themselves as different from typical persons on factors reflecting internal motivation, positive aspects of overexcitability, and need for recognition by others.
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Carol Tieso identified some interesting differences in the overexcitability profiles of gifted young people in the article Overexcitabilities: A New Way to Think About Talent?
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Further, Kitano (1990) found a moderate relationship between intellectual abilities and intellectual overexcitability among young children.
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Thus, a gifted child with psychomotor overexcitability could erroneously be labeled "hyperactive," which could lead to a referral for ADHD.
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The final clustering resulted in the theoretical areas of overexcitability proposed in the literature: Intellectual, Emotional, Imaginational, Sensual, and Psychomotor.
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The teacher noted that his student often displayed overexcitability when discussing topics he was passionate about.
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Parents should be aware of their child's overexcitability, as it can affect their interactions with peers.
Synonyms
5
7.0
A very strong reaction to food, touch, or criticism
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7.5
Unusually sensitive to small physical signals in a nerve or muscle
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9.9
An increased sensitivity to touch and other senses that makes even light contact painful
A state when nerves, muscles, or behaviour react too much
A tendency to become lively or eager quickly
A time when someone feels very happy or nervous and cannot calm down
A tendency to feel hurt or upset very easily by words and events
Being easily affected by feelings and aware of others' emotions
A state of very strong reaction to physical or emotional things
A device that reacts to very weak signals and gives false readings
A change that makes the body react strongly to something after repeated exposure
A person becomes more easily upset by certain events or sounds
Antonyms
How Reactive
Surface Forms
Morphology
overexcitability = excitability (transparent) = over + excite + able + ity
Formed by 'over-' + 'excitability' meaning an excessive capacity to be excited; the parts map directly to the sense.
Etymology
Overexcitability breaks into over- meaning 'too much', excite meaning 'to stir up', and -ability meaning 'the quality of being'. So think of someone whose feelings are easily stirred or 'too excited' by sights, sounds, or emotions, which is why the word means being unusually sensitive to experiences and feelings.