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I'm excellent at losing weight, but I've never been excellent at maintenance. I have some better days than others in terms of being hypervigilant, but with maintenance you don't know if you've been good at it until you're done.
Valerie Bertinelli

Meaning of "hypervigilant" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF HYPERVIGILANT

hypervigilant  [ˌhaɪpəˈvɪdʒɪlənt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HYPERVIGILANT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Hypervigilant is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES HYPERVIGILANT 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 hypervigilant in the English dictionary

The definition of hypervigilant in the dictionary is characterized by hypervigilance.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HYPERVIGILANT


assailant
əˈseɪlənt
bivalent
baɪˈveɪlənt
covalent
kəʊˈveɪlənt
divalent
daɪˈveɪlənt
flagellant
ˈflædʒɪlənt
hexavalent
ˌhɛksəˈveɪlənt
jubilant
ˈdʒuːbɪlənt
monovalent
ˌmɒnəʊˈveɪlənt
multivalent
ˌmʌltɪˈveɪlənt
pentavalent
ˌpɛntəˈveɪlənt
pestilent
ˈpɛstɪlənt
polyvalent
ˌpɒlɪˈveɪlənt
quadrivalent
ˌkwɒdrɪˈveɪlənt
sibilant
ˈsɪbɪlənt
silent
ˈsaɪlənt
surveillant
sɜːˈveɪlənt
tetravalent
ˌtɛtrəˈveɪlənt
trivalent
traɪˈveɪlənt
univalent
ˌjuːnɪˈveɪlənt
vigilant
ˈvɪdʒɪlənt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HYPERVIGILANT

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

WORDS THAT END LIKE HYPERVIGILANT

appellant
coolant
eggplant
galant
gallant
horripilant
implant
on a slant
oppilant
pasquilant
plant
power plant
repellant
rutilant
sealant
slant
sterilant
stimulant
transplant
volant

Synonyms and antonyms of hypervigilant in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «hypervigilant» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HYPERVIGILANT

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

Translator English - Chinese

hypervigilant
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

hipervigilantes
570 millions of speakers

English

hypervigilant
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

hypervigilant
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

hypervigilant
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

сверхбдительность
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

hypervigilant
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

hypervigilant
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

hypervigilant
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Hypervigilant
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

hypervigilant
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

hypervigilant
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

hypervigilant
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Hypervigilant
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

hypervigilant
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

hypervigilant
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

हायपरिविलंट
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

hypervigilant
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

ipervigilanza
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

hypervigilant
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

сверхбдительность
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

hipervigilent
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

hypervigilant
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

hypervigilant
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

hypervigilant
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

hypervigilant
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of hypervigilant

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HYPERVIGILANT»

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

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QUOTES WITH «HYPERVIGILANT»

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Valerie Bertinelli
I'm excellent at losing weight, but I've never been excellent at maintenance. I have some better days than others in terms of being hypervigilant, but with maintenance you don't know if you've been good at it until you're done.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HYPERVIGILANT»

Discover the use of hypervigilant in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to hypervigilant and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Psychodynamic Psychiatry in Clinical Practice
The narcissistic issues of the hypervigilant type, on the other hand, are manifested in starkly different ways. These people are exquisitely sensitive to how others react to them. In fact, their attention is continually directed toward others, ...
Glen O. Gabbard, 2005
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Handbook of Evidence-Based Psychodynamic Psychotherapy: ...
Gabbard [62] distinguished between oblivious and hypervigilant narcissism, referring to predominant interpersonal styles of narcissistic patients. Oblivious narcissism (overt) refers to patients who are unconcerned with their impact on others, ...
Raymond A. Levy, G.O. Gabbard, J. Stuart Ablon, 2008
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Stress and Human Performance
Hypervigilant decision making is described as an impulsive, disorganized pattern of decision making. According to Janis and Mann (1977), the hypervigilant decision maker tends to “search frantically for a solution, [consider] a limited number ...
James E. Driskell, Eduardo Salas, 2013
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Shame and the Self
This type would include many individuals currently labeled as "borderline" personalities. Gabbard has recently (1989) described two subtypes of narcissistic personality disorder, which he labeled the "oblivious type" and the "hypervigilant type.
Francis J. Broucek, 1991
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The Whole Parent: How To Become A Terrific Parent Even If ...
THE HYPERVIGILANT PARENT Adults who were abused as children learned that if I am not in control of a situation I am leaving myself vulnerable to getting hurt. As children they may have learned to maintain hypervigilance at all times ...
Debra Wesselmann, 1998
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Neuroeconomics
Janis and Mann (1977) first distinguished between vigilant and hypervigilant decision-making patterns. Vigilant decision-making is an ideal pattern of decision -making in predictable and controllable situations. It involves systematic information ...
Daniel Houser, Kevin McCabe, Rodney K. M. Hopson, 2008
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Judgment and Decision Making at Work
Janis and Mann (1977) argued that extreme stress demands can lead to adoption of a hypervigilant pattern of decision making, characterized by (a) a nonsystematic or selective information search, (b) consideration of limited alternatives, ...
Scott Highhouse, Reeshad S. Dalal, Eduardo Salas, 2013
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Treating Personality Disorders in Children and Adolescents: ...
On the other hand, "hypervigilant" can refer to shy, clumsy, and anxious children who are perennially pained by fears of shame and humiliation. Eager to comply with the wishes and expectations of peers and other people, they readily sacrifice  ...
Efrain Bleiberg
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Issues in Clinical Psychology, Psychiatry, and Counseling: ...
A report, 'Human bed nucleus of the stria terminalis indexes hypervigilant threat monitoring,' is newly published data in Biological Psychiatry. “Though a key symptom underlying many anxiety disorders is hypervigilant threat monitoring, ...
‎2012
10
You and Your Baby
The more worrying ways that a baby has of coping in the first year fall broadly within the hypervigilant or dissociation categories. Stilling and freezing are defences that indicate a baby's extreme anxiety. The challenge for the parents is in ...
Frances Thomson Salo, 2005

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HYPERVIGILANT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term hypervigilant is used in the context of the following news items.
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Jellyfish by Janice Galloway review – an exquisite short-story …
A damaged woman, who becomes hypervigilant after her son has an accident, decides it's best for her to force him and her partner away. «The Guardian, Jul 15»
2
Offline dating gives us a buzz Tinder can never match - The Guardian
As someone who was attacked on the street and is therefore the very definition of hypervigilant, a guy coming up to me in a dark alley late at ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
3
9 Things Caitlyn Jenner Has Already Taught Us About Fashion …
The media has been hypervigilant of Jenner's dressing and appearance and not much else about her, which essentially communicates that a ... «Bustle, Jul 15»
4
Director and writer of 'Lost Boy,' both from Long Island, bond in …
"You're in a place that feels absolutely safe, where you think you don't have to be hypervigilant the way we all are nowadays. Then there's that ... «Newsday, Jul 15»
5
Random killings in Allentown, Easton rare but terrorizing - The …
They become hypervigilant, always looking for signs of danger," he said. That fear was felt on a national scale in 2002, when the "Beltway ... «Allentown Morning Call, Jul 15»
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Reader wants kids to wear sunscreen
... you could have privately spoken to the other mother to explain to her that you are hypervigilant about sunscreen because skin cancer runs in ... «Muscatine Journal, Jul 15»
7
The end of the infamous Golden Key Motel
“For some, that means having a fear of what is going to happen, and for others it means being hypervigilant to the area.” Over the years, the site ... «Press of Atlantic City, Jul 15»
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Man's best friend: Two veterans take care of each other after war's toll
He was hyper and hypervigilant, unable to focus and easily spooked by loud noises. He was having accidents in the house. Mike's gum and lip ... «Columbia Daily Tribune, Jul 15»
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An Iraq Veteran's Homecoming, With Arias
Brooding, grieving, hypervigilant, all but bereft of joy and hope and yet pining for the brotherhood and adrenaline-marinated experiences that ... «New York Times, Jul 15»
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Former Iraq soldier, service dog recover from PTSD together
He was hyper and hypervigilant, unable to focus and easily spooked by loud noises. He was having accidents in the house. Mike's gum and lip ... «Yakima Herald-Republic, Jul 15»

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