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Type Words
Synonyms craze, delirium, frenzy, fury
Type of manic disorder, mania
Has types mass hysteria, nympholepsy, epidemic hysertia
Derivation hysterical
Type Words
Synonyms hysterical neurosis
Type of neuroticism, neurosis, psychoneurosis
Has types anxiety hysteria, hysterocatalepsy
Derivation hysteric, hysterical
Type Words
Type of fear, fearfulness, fright
Derivation hysterical

Examples of hysteria

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We're not such cowards as one might believe from all the hysteria on television.
From the time.com
In all, about 150 people, men and women, were caught in the witchcraft hysteria.
From the orlandosentinel.com
The 2009 version of Beatlemania had no screams, no fainting and little hysteria.
From the latimes.com
Hysteria quickly turns to ruminations on mortality, and perspective is restored.
From the washingtonpost.com
Thatcher's name only creates mass hysteria here, that's why I didn't mention it.
From the economist.com
The mass hysteria about her death had, in marketing jargon, a bottom-up quality.
From the economist.com
A number of such events become popularized and cause mass hysteria among people.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Barthelmess reports that her hysteria was induced by Griffith's taunting of her.
From the en.wikipedia.org
You could follow the money, and see whose agencies grow in the wake of hysteria.
From the washingtontimes.com
More examples
  • Craze: state of violent mental agitation
  • Excessive or uncontrollable fear
  • Neurotic disorder characterized by violent emotional outbreaks and disturbances of sensory and motor functions
  • (hysterics) an attack of hysteria
  • Hysteria, in its colloquial use, describes a state of mind, one of unmanageable fear or emotional excesses. ...
  • Histeria! is an American cartoon series created by Tom Ruegger and animated by Warner Bros. Animation. Unlike other similar shows by Warner Bros., Histeria! ...
  • Hysteria is the fourth studio album by the English hard rock band Def Leppard. It was released on August 3, 1987 through Mercury Records. It is the band's best-selling album to date, selling over 20 million copies worldwide, and spawning seven hit singles. ...
  • "Hysteria" is a song by British hard rock band Def Leppard. It served as the titular third single from their 1987 multi-platinum album of the same name. "Hysteria" peaked at #10 on the Billboard Hot 100. ...
  • Hysteria is a 1965 film directed by Freddie Francis. It stars Robert Webber and Anthony Newlands. In this movie, an amnesiac ends up trying to solve a murder.