Definition of hysteria in English:

hysteria

noun hɪˈstɪərɪə

mass noun

1Exaggerated or uncontrollable emotion or excitement.
the anti-Semitic hysteria of the 1890s
Example sentencesExamples
- The medicated result is a toxic level of mass hysteria for the patient, or in this case, the news subscriber.
- The world cannot tolerate these old claims, most times based on sheer hysteria and emotion.
- Various people are drunk or act strangely or approach mini entertaining hysterias - like whirlpools in cups of tea they pass quickly.
- Several researchers have noted that episodes of mass hysteria are probably far more common than we currently think.
- The mass hysteria that it created, however, particularly at the funeral, worried me immensely.
- The mass hysteria by the zealots does not bode well for India or Hinduism.
- Perhaps it is too hot, or Madrilenos are just no good at building up mass hysteria.
- The whole history of the US, indeed, is punctuated with scares, crazes and occasional mass hysteria.
- Many people thought they knew the end of the world was nigh, but were lying to prevent mass hysteria.
- Am I remorseful that it got out of hand and escalated into mass hysteria?
- Whenever two people from the same side of politics differ there's mass hysteria.
- This invoked a further outbreak of mass hysteria amongst the fleet.
- When Diana died, the country was in a state of something close to mass hysteria.
- If aliens were found, would it not be kept quiet due to the potential mass hysteria?
- Did you never wonder what these sudden waves of mass hysteria were about?
- Tautou also does enough to suggest that beneath her happiness lies hysteria and an emotional volatility.
- Plus it played on a big fear of mine for the end of the first third, namely mob rule and mass hysteria.
- I have a tendency to put these things in the class of mass hysteria.
- The media is trying to develop mass hysteria to support the war drive.
- Another expert suggested that the resulting chaos of an attack would be worsened by mass hysteria.
Synonyms
frenzy, wildness, feverishness, irrationality
hysterics, loss of control
panic, panic attack, alarm, outburst/fit of agitation, loss of reason, fit of madness, neurosis, delirium, derangement, mania, distress, mental distress
British informal the screaming abdabs/habdabs
2An old-fashioned term for a psychological disorder characterized by conversion of psychological stress into physical symptoms (somatization) or a change in self-awareness (such as a fugue state or selective amnesia).
Example sentencesExamples
- When these types break down they tend to develop either hysteria or mania.
- Great to have your company today, where we're looking at contemporary cases of hysteria.
- Shock often manifests itself as conversion hysteria, where the mind causes the body to be incapacitated.
- They never talk about a disorder called hysteria, they talk about the womb wandering.
- Freud learned from Charcot that, in order to understand hysteria, he had to look to psychology rather than to neurology.

Origin

Early 19th century: from Latin hystericus (see hysteric).

In ancient times doctors (all male) regarded hysteria as a disease of women cause by a disturbance of the womb. In the early 19th-century English pathologists (also male) formed the English name from Greek hustera ‘uterus, womb’. Earlier terms for the condition had been hysteric (mid 17th century) or hysterical passion, reflecting the same view, and the vapours (mid 17th century).

Rhymes

Algeria, anterior, bacteria, Bashkiria, cafeteria, criteria, cryptomeria, diphtheria, exterior, Iberia, inferior, interior, Liberia, listeria, Nigeria, posterior, Siberia, superior, ulterior, wisteria

Definition of hysteria in US English:

hysteria

noun

1Exaggerated or uncontrollable emotion or excitement, especially among a group of people.
the mass hysteria that characterizes the week before Christmas
Example sentencesExamples
- When Diana died, the country was in a state of something close to mass hysteria.
- Am I remorseful that it got out of hand and escalated into mass hysteria?
- The media is trying to develop mass hysteria to support the war drive.
- The whole history of the US, indeed, is punctuated with scares, crazes and occasional mass hysteria.
- Perhaps it is too hot, or Madrilenos are just no good at building up mass hysteria.
- Plus it played on a big fear of mine for the end of the first third, namely mob rule and mass hysteria.
- Several researchers have noted that episodes of mass hysteria are probably far more common than we currently think.
- The medicated result is a toxic level of mass hysteria for the patient, or in this case, the news subscriber.
- Did you never wonder what these sudden waves of mass hysteria were about?
- Whenever two people from the same side of politics differ there's mass hysteria.
- Various people are drunk or act strangely or approach mini entertaining hysterias - like whirlpools in cups of tea they pass quickly.
- The mass hysteria by the zealots does not bode well for India or Hinduism.
- The mass hysteria that it created, however, particularly at the funeral, worried me immensely.
- If aliens were found, would it not be kept quiet due to the potential mass hysteria?
- I have a tendency to put these things in the class of mass hysteria.
- Many people thought they knew the end of the world was nigh, but were lying to prevent mass hysteria.
- This invoked a further outbreak of mass hysteria amongst the fleet.
- Tautou also does enough to suggest that beneath her happiness lies hysteria and an emotional volatility.
- Another expert suggested that the resulting chaos of an attack would be worsened by mass hysteria.
- The world cannot tolerate these old claims, most times based on sheer hysteria and emotion.
Synonyms
frenzy, wildness, feverishness, irrationality
1. 1.1Psychiatry A psychological disorder (not now regarded as a single definite condition) whose symptoms include conversion of psychological stress into physical symptoms (somatization), selective amnesia, shallow volatile emotions, and overdramatic or attention-seeking behavior. The term has a controversial history as it was formerly regarded as a disease specific to women.
  Example sentencesExamples
  They never talk about a disorder called hysteria, they talk about the womb wandering.
  Freud learned from Charcot that, in order to understand hysteria, he had to look to psychology rather than to neurology.
  When these types break down they tend to develop either hysteria or mania.
  Shock often manifests itself as conversion hysteria, where the mind causes the body to be incapacitated.
  Great to have your company today, where we're looking at contemporary cases of hysteria.

Origin

Early 19th century: from Latin hystericus (see hysteric).

单词	hysteria
释义	Definition of hysteria in English: hysteria noun hɪˈstɪərɪə mass noun 1Exaggerated or uncontrollable emotion or excitement. the anti-Semitic hysteria of the 1890s Example sentencesExamples The medicated result is a toxic level of mass hysteria for the patient, or in this case, the news subscriber. The world cannot tolerate these old claims, most times based on sheer hysteria and emotion. Various people are drunk or act strangely or approach mini entertaining hysterias - like whirlpools in cups of tea they pass quickly. Several researchers have noted that episodes of mass hysteria are probably far more common than we currently think. The mass hysteria that it created, however, particularly at the funeral, worried me immensely. The mass hysteria by the zealots does not bode well for India or Hinduism. Perhaps it is too hot, or Madrilenos are just no good at building up mass hysteria. The whole history of the US, indeed, is punctuated with scares, crazes and occasional mass hysteria. Many people thought they knew the end of the world was nigh, but were lying to prevent mass hysteria. Am I remorseful that it got out of hand and escalated into mass hysteria? Whenever two people from the same side of politics differ there's mass hysteria. This invoked a further outbreak of mass hysteria amongst the fleet. When Diana died, the country was in a state of something close to mass hysteria. If aliens were found, would it not be kept quiet due to the potential mass hysteria? Did you never wonder what these sudden waves of mass hysteria were about? Tautou also does enough to suggest that beneath her happiness lies hysteria and an emotional volatility. Plus it played on a big fear of mine for the end of the first third, namely mob rule and mass hysteria. I have a tendency to put these things in the class of mass hysteria. The media is trying to develop mass hysteria to support the war drive. Another expert suggested that the resulting chaos of an attack would be worsened by mass hysteria. Synonyms frenzy, wildness, feverishness, irrationality hysterics, loss of control panic, panic attack, alarm, outburst/fit of agitation, loss of reason, fit of madness, neurosis, delirium, derangement, mania, distress, mental distress British informal the screaming abdabs/habdabs 2An old-fashioned term for a psychological disorder characterized by conversion of psychological stress into physical symptoms (somatization) or a change in self-awareness (such as a fugue state or selective amnesia). Example sentencesExamples When these types break down they tend to develop either hysteria or mania. Great to have your company today, where we're looking at contemporary cases of hysteria. Shock often manifests itself as conversion hysteria, where the mind causes the body to be incapacitated. They never talk about a disorder called hysteria, they talk about the womb wandering. Freud learned from Charcot that, in order to understand hysteria, he had to look to psychology rather than to neurology. Origin Early 19th century: from Latin hystericus (see hysteric). In ancient times doctors (all male) regarded hysteria as a disease of women cause by a disturbance of the womb. In the early 19th-century English pathologists (also male) formed the English name from Greek hustera ‘uterus, womb’. Earlier terms for the condition had been hysteric (mid 17th century) or hysterical passion, reflecting the same view, and the vapours (mid 17th century). Rhymes Algeria, anterior, bacteria, Bashkiria, cafeteria, criteria, cryptomeria, diphtheria, exterior, Iberia, inferior, interior, Liberia, listeria, Nigeria, posterior, Siberia, superior, ulterior, wisteria Definition of hysteria in US English: hysteria noun 1Exaggerated or uncontrollable emotion or excitement, especially among a group of people. the mass hysteria that characterizes the week before Christmas Example sentencesExamples When Diana died, the country was in a state of something close to mass hysteria. Am I remorseful that it got out of hand and escalated into mass hysteria? The media is trying to develop mass hysteria to support the war drive. The whole history of the US, indeed, is punctuated with scares, crazes and occasional mass hysteria. Perhaps it is too hot, or Madrilenos are just no good at building up mass hysteria. Plus it played on a big fear of mine for the end of the first third, namely mob rule and mass hysteria. Several researchers have noted that episodes of mass hysteria are probably far more common than we currently think. The medicated result is a toxic level of mass hysteria for the patient, or in this case, the news subscriber. Did you never wonder what these sudden waves of mass hysteria were about? Whenever two people from the same side of politics differ there's mass hysteria. Various people are drunk or act strangely or approach mini entertaining hysterias - like whirlpools in cups of tea they pass quickly. The mass hysteria by the zealots does not bode well for India or Hinduism. The mass hysteria that it created, however, particularly at the funeral, worried me immensely. If aliens were found, would it not be kept quiet due to the potential mass hysteria? I have a tendency to put these things in the class of mass hysteria. Many people thought they knew the end of the world was nigh, but were lying to prevent mass hysteria. This invoked a further outbreak of mass hysteria amongst the fleet. Tautou also does enough to suggest that beneath her happiness lies hysteria and an emotional volatility. Another expert suggested that the resulting chaos of an attack would be worsened by mass hysteria. The world cannot tolerate these old claims, most times based on sheer hysteria and emotion. Synonyms frenzy, wildness, feverishness, irrationality 1.1Psychiatry A psychological disorder (not now regarded as a single definite condition) whose symptoms include conversion of psychological stress into physical symptoms (somatization), selective amnesia, shallow volatile emotions, and overdramatic or attention-seeking behavior. The term has a controversial history as it was formerly regarded as a disease specific to women. Example sentencesExamples They never talk about a disorder called hysteria, they talk about the womb wandering. Freud learned from Charcot that, in order to understand hysteria, he had to look to psychology rather than to neurology. When these types break down they tend to develop either hysteria or mania. Shock often manifests itself as conversion hysteria, where the mind causes the body to be incapacitated. Great to have your company today, where we're looking at contemporary cases of hysteria. Origin Early 19th century: from Latin hystericus (see hysteric).
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