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1. (n.) hysteria
a psychoneurotic disorder characterized by violent emotional outbreaks, disturbances of sensory and motor functions, and various abnormal effects due to autosuggestion.
2. hysteria
an uncontrollable emotional outburst, as from fear or grief, often characterized by irrationality, laughter, weeping, etc.
3. hysteria
a state of intense agitation, anxiety, or excitement, esp. as manifested by large groups or segments of society.
Etymology: (1795–1805; hyster (ic ) + -ia)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) craze, delirium, frenzy, fury, hysteria
state of violent mental agitation
2. (noun) hysteria
excessive or uncontrollable fear
3. (noun) hysteria, hysterical neurosis
neurotic disorder characterized by violent emotional outbreaks and disturbances of sensory and motor functions
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1. (noun) hysteria
uncontrollable emotions
the hysteria that surrounded Beatles concerts
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) hysteria
a nervous affection, occurring almost exclusively in women, in which the emotional and reflex excitability is exaggerated, and the will power correspondingly diminished, so that the patient loses control over the emotions, becomes the victim of imaginary sensations, and often falls into paroxism or fits
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U.S. National Library of Medicine |
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1. hysteria
Historical term for a chronic, but fluctuating, disorder beginning in early life and characterized by recurrent and multiple somatic complaints not apparently due to physical illness. This diagnosis is not used in contemporary practice.
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Sense: a severe nervous upset which causes eg uncontrolled laughing or crying, imaginary illnesses etc.
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 Afrikaans: histerie |
 Arabic: هِسْتيريا، هَرَع |
 Bulgarian: истерия |
 Brazilian: histeria |
 Czech: hysterie |
 German: die Hysterie |
 Danish: hysteri |
 Greek: υστερία |
 Spanish: histeria |
 Estonian: hüsteeria |
 Farsi: تشنج |
 Finnish: hysteria |
 French: hystérie |
 Hebrew: הִיסטֶריָה |
 Hindi: हिस्टीरिया, उन्माद |
 Croatian: histerija |
 Hungarian: hisztéria |
 Indonesian: histeria |
 Icelandic: sefasÿki; móðursÿki; geðs |
 Italian: isterismo, isteria |
 Japanese: ヒステリー症 |
 Korean: 히스테리증 |
 Lithuanian: isterija |
 Latvian: histērija |
 Malay: histeria |
 Dutch: hysterie |
 Norwegian: hysteri |
 Polish: histeria |
 Persian: تشنج |
 Pashto: تشنج |
 Portuguese: histeria |
 Romanian: isterie |
 Russian: истерия |
 Slovak: hystéria |
 Slovenian: histerija |
 Serbian: histerija |
 Swedish: hysteri |
 Thai: โรคประสาทที่ไม่สามารถควบค |
 Turkish: histeri, isteri |
 Taiwanese: 歇斯底里 |
 Ukrainian: істерія |
 Urdu: اعصابی نظام میں نفسیاتی س |
 Vietnamese: chứng ictêri |
 Chinese: 歇斯特里症，癔病 |
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