overstimulationn.
/ˌəʊvəˌstɪmjᵿˈleɪʃn/, U.S. /ˈˌoʊvərˌstɪmjəˈleɪʃ(ə)n/ Excessive stimulation.
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overstimulation1836
1836 A. Thomson in Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. I. 678/1 Over-stimulation..of the minute vessels of the lungs by the dark blood.
1879 Scribner's Monthly July 460/2 The dangers of this high-pressure method do not lie so much in overstimulation of the brain, as in physical and nervous depression.
1955 W. Moore Bring Jubilee xi. 102 I lay awake... It was neither Barbara nor over-stimulation from the full day which caused my insomnia.
1995 Time 8 May 73/2 Phrenology, rappings, chair movings and other enthusiasms were part of the first age of mass overstimulation and moralism.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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