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Meaning of "overarousal" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF OVERAROUSAL

overarousal  [ˌəʊvərəˈraʊzəl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF OVERAROUSAL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Overarousal 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 OVERAROUSAL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of overarousal in the English dictionary

The definition of overarousal in the dictionary is an excessive or abnormal degree of arousal.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH OVERAROUSAL


carousal
kəˈraʊzəl
counterproposal
ˈkaʊntəprəˌpəʊzəl
deposal
dɪˈpəʊzəl
disposal
dɪˈspəʊzəl
espousal
ɪˈspaʊzəl
exposal
ɪkˈspəʊzəl
hosel
ˈhəʊzəl
housel
ˈhaʊzəl
hyperarousal
ˌhaɪpərəˈraʊzəl
losel
ˈləʊzəl
mousle
ˈmaʊzəl
nousell
ˈnaʊzəl
nousle
ˈnaʊzəl
proposal
prəˈpəʊzəl
re-arousal
ˌriːəˈraʊzəl
serosal
sɪˈrəʊzəl
spousal
ˈspaʊzəl
supposal
səˈpəʊzəl
tousle
ˈtaʊzəl
touzle
ˈtaʊzəl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE OVERAROUSAL

overamplified
overanalyse
overanalysis
overanalytical
overanalyze
overanxiety
overanxious
overapt
overarch
overarching
overarm
overarrange
overassert
overassertion
overassertive
overate
overattention
overattentive
overawe
overawed

WORDS THAT END LIKE OVERAROUSAL

accusal
arousal
causal
clausal
disabusal
excusal
first refusal
medusal
menopausal
multicausal
noncausal
occlusal
pausal
perimenopausal
perusal
postmenopausal
premenopausal
recusal
refusal
reperusal

Synonyms and antonyms of overarousal in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «overarousal» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF OVERAROUSAL

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

Translator English - Chinese

overarousal
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

overarousal
570 millions of speakers

English

overarousal
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

overarousal
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

overarousal
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

overarousal
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

overarousal
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

overarousal
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

surexcitation
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Berlebihan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Übererregung
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

overarousal
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

overarousal
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Overarousal
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

overarousal
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

overarousal
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अवतरण
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

istekten
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

overarousal
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

overarousal
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

overarousal
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

overarousal
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

overarousal
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

overarousal
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

overarousal
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

overarousal
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of overarousal

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «OVERAROUSAL»

The term «overarousal» is used very little and occupies the 161.049 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «OVERAROUSAL» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OVERAROUSAL»

Discover the use of overarousal in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to overarousal and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Sport Psychology for Coaches
Why Underarousal and Overarousal Impair Performance The inverted-U hypothesis doesn't directly address the issue of why athletes perform less effectively when under- or overaroused. Sport psychologists have been fascinated with this ...
Damon Burton, Thomas D. Raedeke, 2008
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Understanding and Treating Violent Psychiatric Patients
Improved social skills frequently lead to broader and more satisfactory social support. Overarousal, cognitive deficit, lack of social skills, and deficient social support are all factors that may cause or exacerbate aggression in psychiatric patients.
Martha L. Crowner, 2008
3
The Neuropsychology of Autism
The central nucleus of the amygdala controls autonomic activation, and its overarousal abolished social behavior in rats, as discussed above. The overarousal theory may be compatible with the potential involvement of the amygdala that was ...
Deborah Fein, 2011
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Psychotherapy and the Highly Sensitive Person: Improving ...
OVerArOuSAl IN THe OFFICe How might a therapist adapt to sensitive patients' tendency to be easily overstimulated, leading to being overaroused? Some of the signs of overarousal are trouble concentrating, not remembering what they ...
Elaine N. Aron, 2011
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Assessment of Childhood Disorders, Fourth Edition
Seven questions address criterion C, symptoms of overarousal. Five questions assess duration of symptoms (criterion E) and significant impairment in functioning (criterion F). Each item is scored as Present or Absent. Age range: 7– 18 years.
Eric J. Mash, Russell A. Barkley, 2012
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Educating Children with Autism
Overarousal Theories of Autism The third developmental theory to address the social deficits in autism, “withdrawal,” goes back to the beginnings of interest in autism. This theory, first articulated by Bergman and Escalona (1949), studied ...
Committee on Educational Interventions for Children with Autism, National Research Council, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, 2001
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Handbook of Theories of Aging, Second Edition
These findings are too numerous and elaborate to detail in this chapter, but ERP evidence for underarousal was reviewed in Woodruff (1985). Overarousal One of the first gerontologists to articulate the theory of overarousal was Alan Welford ...
Merril Silverstein PhD, Vern L. Bengtson PhD, Norella Putney PhD, 2008
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Different Minds: Gifted Children with AD/HD, Asperger ...
Avoiding or seeking out certain types of sensory stimulation is the way children with AD/HD may try to adapt to fluctuations in arousal and sensory system sensitivities. Sensory overarousal in mild form is known in gifted children without AD/HD.
Deirdre V Lovecky, 2003
9
Teaching the Tiger: A Handbook for Individuals Involved in ...
Sheryl, age 13 O Shark Theory of Overarousal Imagine me having no control over my arousal system. I am unable to predict where I will be on the curve day or night. While other kids in my class drop down a little on the right side of the curve  ...
Marilyn Pierce Dornbush, Sheryl K. Pruitt, 1995
10
Assessment of Childhood Disorders
Seven questions address criterion C, symptoms of overarousal. Five questions assess duration of symptoms (criterion E) and significant impairment in functioning (criterion F). Each item is scored as Present or Absent. Age range: 7– 18 years.
Eric J. Mash, Russell A. Barkley, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «OVERAROUSAL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term overarousal is used in the context of the following news items.
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Advice Goddess
Which makes stress sound like it has its sexy points — that is, unless you're a man, because sympathetic nervous system overarousal is the ... «City Pulse, Jul 15»
2
Thriving in the clutch
“What would be an automatically smooth execution of skill gets disrupted by overarousal of certain muscles,” Petrie says. For instance, your ... «Dallas Morning News, May 15»
3
Struggling with a Ruminating Mind? 5 Strategies to Help
Boyes likens mindfulness meditation to Tylenol because it helps with multiple issues: “decreasing anxiety-induced overarousal, boosting your ... «PsychCentral.com, Mar 15»
4
Overcoming Test Anxiety
Overcoming Test Anxiety According to Wikipedia, “test anxiety is a combination of perceived physiological overarousal, feelings of worry and dread, ... «PsychCentral.com, Apr 14»
5
Don't be so sensitive, sledging is part of the game
…altered perception of self, an altered state of mind, decreased batting ability, and overarousal. With very little separating the physical fitness, ... «The Conversation, Dec 13»
6
How SAFER is used to predict behavior
... protocols that “can make a big difference for dogs who showed behaviors such as resource guarding or overarousal during their assessment. «Toledo Blade, Sep 13»
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Are You a Highly Sensitive Person? 8 Strategies to Help
For non-HSPs, caffeine may provide a little boost, but for HSPs, caffeine is rocket fuel that can actually cause overarousal and impede ... «Huffington Post, May 13»
8
Overactive brain keeps autistic teens from adjusting to social situations
Monk said early intervention could include increasing emotion recognition or reducing overarousal to faces through training and exposure. «Medical Xpress, Jan 13»
9
Overactive brain keeps teens with autism from adjusting to social …
If that doesn't happen, it could lead to overarousal, Monk said. "This process is similar to becoming habituated to a ticking clock in a room so we ... «U of M News Service, Jan 13»
10
Neurofeedback: A Treatment for Reactive Attachment Disorder
Asperger's Syndrome and other more clinically demonstrative autistic disorders, which are all disorders of extreme overarousal, make it ... «Futurehealth, Mar 09»

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