Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - hysteria
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Hysteria
hysteria
~ n 1 extreme excitement that makes people cry, laugh, shout etc uncontrollably (an outbreak of hysteria among the group's fans) 2 a situation in which a lot of people are affected by the same extreme emotion such as fear or anger which often makes them behave in an unreasonable way (anti-communist hysteria | mass hysteria) (Since the General's death, the population has been gripped by mass hysteria.) 3 technical a medical condition which upsets someone's emotions and makes them suddenly feel very nervous, excited, anxious etc - hysteric adj
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1. Hysteria among a group of people is a state of uncontrolled excitement, anger, or panic. No one could help getting carried away by the hysteria... N-UNCOUNT 2. A person who is suffering from hysteria is in a state of violent and disturbed emotion as a result of shock. (MEDICAL) By now, she was screaming, completely overcome with hysteria. N-UNCOUNT ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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noun Etymology: New Latin, from English hysteric, adjective, from Latin hystericus, from Greek hysterikos, from hystera womb; from the Greek notion that ~ was peculiar to women and caused by disturbances of the uterus Date: 1801 1. a psychoneurosis marked by emotional excitability and disturbances of the psychic, sensory, vasomotor, and visceral functions 2. behavior exhibiting overwhelming or unmanageable fear or emotional excess political ~ • hysteric noun • hysterical also hysteric adjective • hysterically adverb ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. 1 a wild uncontrollable emotion or excitement. 2 a functional disturbance of the nervous system, of psychoneurotic origin. Etymology: mod.L (as HYSTERIC) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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