overstimulation
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6.1
- noun
- /ˌoʊvərˈstɪmjʊleɪʃən/
- Specialized
:
sobreactivación
- The children showed signs of overstimulation after playing video games for several hours, becoming restless and irritable.
- sensory overstimulation
Examples
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To combat overstimulation, he decided to spend the weekend in nature, away from screens and crowds.
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For children highly sensitive to overstimulation, loud and boisterous activity can be stressful and fatiguing, and quiet places allowing them to recover from excitement are helpful.
Academic text (1998) -
Sensory overstimulation is actually painful for her.
Academic text (2010) -
My head spins from overstimulation.
Academic text (1998) -
The way I see it is that overstimulation to any of the senses is not good for people with fibromyalgia.
Blog text (14) -
Everyone suffers from bouts of overstimulation at some point in time.
Blog text (27) -
When exposed to loud noises and bright lights for too long, she experienced serious overstimulation and could not concentrate on her work.
Synonyms
A time when someone feels very happy or nervous and cannot calm down
How Stimulated
- Specialized
1
6.1
- Specialized
28
4.1
85
1.3
Surface Forms
Morphology
overstimulation = stimulation (transparent) = over + stimulate + ion
The prefix 'over-' clearly denotes excess when attached to the noun 'stimulation', producing the straightforward meaning 'too much stimulation'.
Etymology
Overstimulation comes from the prefix over- meaning 'too much' and stimulate meaning 'to excite or give energy', like the word stimulant, for example coffee. So, overstimulation is when you get 'too much' from your eyes and ears and it becomes hard to focus or calm down.