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Hysteria

see synonyms of hysteria

Noun

1. craze, delirium, frenzy, fury, hysteria

state of violent mental agitation

2. hysteria

excessive or uncontrollable fear

3. hysteria, hysterical neurosis

neurotic disorder characterized by violent emotional outbreaks and disturbances of sensory and motor functions

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Hysteria

see synonyms of hysteria
noun
1. old-fashioned
a psychological disorder characterized by emotional outbursts, susceptibility to autosuggestion, and, often, symptoms such as paralysis that mimic the effects of physical disorders
See also conversion disorder
2. 
any frenzied emotional state, esp of laughter or crying

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Hysteria

see synonyms of hysteria
noun
1. 
a psychiatric condition variously characterized by emotional excitability, excessive anxiety, sensory and motor disturbances, or the unconscious simulation of organic disorders, such as blindness, deafness, etc.
2. 
any outbreak of wild, uncontrolled excitement or feeling, such as fits of laughing and crying

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Hysteria

see synonyms of hysteria
n.
1. Behavior exhibiting excessive or uncontrollable emotion, such as fear or panic.
2. A group of psychiatric symptoms, including heightened emotionality, attention-seeking behavior, and preoccupation with physical symptoms that may not be explainable by a medical condition. The term hysteria is no longer in clinical use, and such symptoms are currently attributed to any of several psychiatric conditions, including somatic symptom disorder, conversion disorder, and histrionic personality disorder.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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