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Meaning of "hypervigilance" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF HYPERVIGILANCE

hypervigilance  [ˌhaɪpəˈvɪdʒɪləns] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HYPERVIGILANCE

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adjective
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preposition
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determiner
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Hypervigilance is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES HYPERVIGILANCE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Hypervigilance

Hypervigilance is an enhanced state of sensory sensitivity accompanied by an exaggerated intensity of behaviors whose purpose is to detect threats. Hypervigilance is also accompanied by a state of increased anxiety which can cause exhaustion. Other symptoms include: abnormally increased arousal, a high responsiveness to stimuli, and a constant scanning of the environment for threats. In hypervigilance, there is a perpetual scanning of the environment to search for sights, sounds, people, behaviors, smells, or anything else that is reminiscent of threat or trauma. The individual is placed on high alert in order to be certain danger is not near. Hypervigilance can lead to a variety of obsessive behavior patterns, as well as producing difficulties with social interaction and relationships. Hypervigilance can be a symptom of post traumatic stress disorder and various types of anxiety disorder. It is distinguished from paranoia. Paranoid states, such as those in schizophrenia, can seem superficially similar, but are characteristically different. Hypervigilance is differentiated from dysphoric hyperarousal in that the person remains cogent and aware of his or her surroundings.

Definition of hypervigilance in the English dictionary

The definition of hypervigilance in the dictionary is an unusually heightened arousal accompanied by extreme sensitivity to stimuli.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HYPERVIGILANCE


bivalence
baɪˈveɪləns
covalence
kəʊˈveɪləns
dataveillance
ˈdeɪtəˌveɪləns
divalence
daɪˈveɪləns
jubilance
ˈdʒuːbɪləns
monovalence
ˌmɒnəʊˈveɪləns
multivalence
ˌmʌltɪˈveɪləns
pentavalence
ˌpɛntəˈveɪləns
pestilence
ˈpɛstɪləns
polyvalence
ˌpɒlɪˈveɪləns
quadrivalence
ˌkwɒdrɪˈveɪləns
quinquevalence
ˌkwɪŋkwɪˈveɪləns
sibilance
ˈsɪbɪləns
silence
ˈsaɪləns
surveillance
sɜːˈveɪləns
tetravalence
ˌtɛtrəˈveɪləns
trivalence
traɪˈveɪləns
univalence
ˌjuːnɪˈveɪləns
valence
ˈveɪləns
vigilance
ˈvɪdʒɪləns

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HYPERVIGILANCE

hyperthyroid
hyperthyroidism
hypertonia
hypertonic
hypertonicity
hypertrophic
hypertrophical
hypertrophied
hypertrophies
hypertrophous
hypertrophy
hyperurbanism
hyperuricemia
hypervelocity
hyperventilate
hyperventilation
hypervigilant
hypervirulent
hyperviscosity
hypervitaminosis

WORDS THAT END LIKE HYPERVIGILANCE

account balance
advance
air ambulance
ambulance
at a glance
balance
elance
freelance
glance
imbalance
in the balance
lance
on balance
resemblance
semblance
strike a balance
the Balance
trial balance
valance
video surveillance
work/life balance

Synonyms and antonyms of hypervigilance in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «hypervigilance» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HYPERVIGILANCE

Find out the translation of hypervigilance to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of hypervigilance from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «hypervigilance» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

警觉
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

hipervigilancia
570 millions of speakers

English

hypervigilance
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

hypervigilance
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

hypervigilance
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

сверхнастороженность
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

hipervigilância
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

hypervigilance
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

hypervigilance
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Hipervigilance
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

hypervigilance
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

過覚醒
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

hypervigilance
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Hypervigilance
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

hypervigilance
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

hypervigilance
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अतिपरिचितपणा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

hipervijilans
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

ipervigilanza
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

hypervigilance
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

сверхнастороженность
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

hipervigilență
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

υπερεγρήγορση
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Hypervigilantie
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

hypervigilance
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

hypervigilance
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of hypervigilance

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HYPERVIGILANCE»

The term «hypervigilance» is normally little used and occupies the 117.401 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HYPERVIGILANCE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about hypervigilance

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HYPERVIGILANCE»

Discover the use of hypervigilance in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to hypervigilance and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Hypervigilance
As a new mother, I chase the illusion of permanence, but I continue to find myself living in a world of transition---where everything collides at once---memory, dream, reality and imagination.
Liz Scheid, 2008
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Cognitive Self-consciousness and Hypervigilance for ...
Thought-focused-attention (cognitive self-consciousness, CSC) has been implicated as a risk factor for OCD in adults (Cohen & Calamari, 2004; Janeck et al., 2002).
Michael G. Messina, 2008
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Paranoia: The Psychology of Persecutory Delusions
CHAPTER FIVE Hypervigilance* INTRODUCTION II has often been suggested that anxious individuals are hypervigilant. For a time, signs of vigilance and scanning even formed part of the diagnostic criteria for generalised anxiety disorder ...
Daniel Freeman, Philippa A. Garety, 2004
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Sleep Disturbance in Children and Adolescents with Disorders ...
activity cycles, hypervigilance, fatigue and sleep-wake disorders represent nonspecific components of the GAS. Selye's model emphasizes the role of hypervigilance, which is incompatible with sleep, and the stage of exhaustion that may be ...
Gregory Stores, Luci Wiggs, 2001
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I Love a Cop, Revised Edition: What Police Families Need to Know
Steve was suffering from panic attacks, and his panic attacks represented the extreme outcome of uncontrolled hypervigilance. Not everyone who experiences hypervigilance winds up with panic attacks, but nearly everyone who works as a  ...
Ellen Kirschman, 2006
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Anxiety
A particularly clear account of the nature of anxious hypervigilance is given by Michael Eysenck (1992), who regards the phenomenon as both a reaction to potential threat and as a component of cognitive vulnerability to anxiety. According to ...
Stanley Rachman, Stanley J. Rachman, 2013
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Pathophysiology of Pain Perception
Their research was motivated by the existence of two opposing theoretical positions predicting altered responsivity to nociceptive stimulation in chronic pain : the hypervigilance model and the adaptation level model. The hypervigilance model ...
Stefan Lautenbacher, Roger B. Fillingim, 2004
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Living and Surviving in Harm's Way: A Psychological ...
the face of danger is evolutionarily hardwired and can become overlearned or habitual during the course ofa deployment, service members may act in excessively vigilant ways once redeployed without knowing it. hypervigilance can also be ...
Sharon Morgillo Freeman, Bret A Moore, Arthur Freeman, 2009
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Clinical Psychology: Assessment, Treatment, and Research
Assessment, Treatment, and Research David C.S. Richard, Steven K. Huprich. Time-Series Assessment of Hypervigilance 8 2 4 6 8 Time by Week FIGURE 6.2 This figure depicts the time-series data of the rate and intensity of hypervigilance in ...
David C.S. Richard, Steven K. Huprich, 2011
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Competitive Intelligence For Dummies
Hypervigilance is the quality of always being on guard. Police officers and children of alcoholics often develop hypervigilance as a defense mechanism to protect themselves from dangers and threats. As you may have guessed, hypervigilance ...
James D. Underwood, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HYPERVIGILANCE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term hypervigilance is used in the context of the following news items.
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Could 50% of Businesses be Paperless by the End of 2015?
In this era of dwindling natural resources and environmental hypervigilance, it is the goal of many companies to go completely paperless. «Tech Cocktail, Jul 15»
2
Hypervigilance May Lead to Aggression | Psych Central News
Duke University investigators explain that in their research they discovered hypervigilance to hostility in others unleashes aggressive behavior ... «PsychCentral.com, Jul 15»
3
How to make your anxiety work for you
In the same way, anxiety functions as a hypervigilance system that prompts us to scan our lives for potential risks, big and small. Many anxious ... «New Zealand Herald, Jul 15»
4
Veterans Court specializes in second chance for troubled vets
"The not being able to sleep, the insomnia, the hypervigilance, the aggression, you can snap on someone," he explained. Hage's personal life ... «News3LV, Jul 15»
5
Kids That Expect Aggression Tend to Act Aggressive
The technical term for the pattern is hypervigilance to hostility, which means that the children are on edge expecting aggression from someone ... «Gazette Review, Jul 15»
6
Effective Mental Health Treatment for Young Children and Their …
... showed extreme impulsivity and had some signs of post-traumatic stress disorder, including hypervigilance (on alert at all times) and extreme ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
7
Special forces ministry: The policeman's pastor
He believes the uniform does bring about one of the greatest challenges his team has to counsel with police: hypervigilance. Officers, he says ... «KENS 5 TV, Jul 15»
8
Literary Las Vegas: Alice Boyes
Although anxiety can sometimes seem like a flaw, it's actually an evolutionary advantage, a hypervigilance system that causes us to pause and ... «Las Vegas Review-Journal, Jul 15»
9
An Iraq Veteran's Homecoming, With Arias
Hypervigilance had found its song: I'm gonna make this minivan safe. Gonna strap this pistol to the console, like so. Modified 9-millimeter ... «New York Times, Jul 15»
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Sustainers learn new ways for recognizing, dealing with PTSD
The Soldiers learned about different symptoms of PTSD, including hypervigilance, suspiciousness, light sleeping, attention to detail and even ... «Hawaii Army Weekly, Jul 15»

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