hyperactivity

English

Etymology

From hyper- +‎ activity.

Pronunciation

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Noun

hyperactivity (usually uncountable, plural hyperactivities)

1. The quality of being hyperactive; excessive and pathological movement and restlessness.
   • 2025 January 23, Kristen Rogers, “People with ADHD have shorter life expectancy and higher risk of mental health issues, study finds”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     Having attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD, is associated with a shorter life expectancy and a greater risk of mental health issues, according to a new study of more than 30,000 people with the disorder in the United Kingdom.

Derived terms

• attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
• attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder
• sympathetic hyperactivity

Related terms

• hyperactive

Translations

Quality of being hyperactive

• Belarusian: гіперакты́ўнасць f (hipjeraktýŭnascʹ)
• Czech: hyperaktivita f
• Danish: hyperaktivitet c
• Faroese: ovurvirkni
• Finnish: ylivilkkaus (fi), yliaktiivisuus, hyperaktiivisuus
• French: hyperactivité (fr) f
• German: Hyperaktivität (de) f
• Greek: υπερκινητικότητα (el) f (yperkinitikótita), υπερδραστηριότητα (el) f (yperdrastiriótita)
• Hungarian: hiperaktivitás (hu)
• Icelandic: ofvirkni f
• Indonesian: hiperaktivitas
• Irish: hipirghníomhaíocht f
• Italian: iperattività f
• Japanese: 多動 (ja) (tadō), 多動性 (tadōsei)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: hyperaktivitet

  Nynorsk: hyperaktivitet

• Polish: hiperaktywność (pl) f, nadpobudliwość (pl) (literally “overexcitability”), nadaktywność (pl) f
• Portuguese: hiperatividade (pt) f
• Russian: гиперакти́вность (ru) f (giperaktívnostʹ)
• Swedish: hyperaktivitet c
• Ukrainian: гіперакти́вність f (hiperaktývnistʹ)