Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A condition in which one visual axis tends to be inclined upward more than the other. See
hypertropia .
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- noun
physical misalignment of the twoeyes so that one eye is set higher in the head than the other
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Examples
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In the addicted life style, we see violent swings from artificial hyperphoria to hypophoria with little calm or happy time in between.
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As I use the term, hyperphoria is an artificially elevated, giddy, unrealistic altered state in which the addict may be capable of acting like an antisocial personality, popularly known as a psychopath.
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The addict is either oblivious or having fun while others think they are looking at a fool. means the extreme low of mental and physical existence reached after a period of hyperphoria.
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