Definitions for hysteria
hɪˈstɛr i ə, -ˈstɪər-hys·te·ri·a

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. craze, delirium, frenzy, fury, hysterianoun

   state of violent mental agitation

2. hysterianoun

   excessive or uncontrollable fear

3. hysteria, hysterical neurosisnoun

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

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. hysterianoun

   Behavior exhibiting excessive or uncontrollable emotion, such as fear or panic.

2. hysterianoun

   A mental disorder characterized by emotional excitability etc. without an organic cause.

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1. Hysteria

   Hysteria is a song by Finnish singer Anna Abreu from her fourth studio album, Rush (2011). Patric Sarin, who had previously worked with Abreu on her former two albums, wrote the song. It was produced by Jukka Immonen, the hitmaker responsible for producing all three of Finnish singer Jenni Vartiainen's albums, including Seili, which was certified 7xPlatinum and went on to become one of the highest-selling albums of all time in Finland. "Hysteria" is a Pop song that continues the Dance infusion Abreu started using during the Now era. It also contains elements of Synthpop. The song was released on 10 January 2011 in Finland, as the album's lead single.

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1. hysteria

   Hysteria is a psychological condition characterized by excessive emotional or physiological response to stimuli. It can manifest as uncontrolled fear, laughter, crying, anger, or other intense emotions, and in some cases, physical symptoms such as tremors, paralysis or fainting. The term is less commonly used in modern psychology, often replaced with more specific diagnoses. Historically, it was associated with conversion disorder and somatoform disorders.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Hysterianoun

   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

2. Etymology: [NL.: cf. F. hystrie. See Hysteric.]

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1. Hysteria

   Hysteria, in its colloquial use, describes unmanageable emotional excesses. People who are "hysterical" often lose self-control due to an overwhelming fear that may be caused by events in one's past that involved some sort of severe conflict. The fear can be centered on a body part, or most commonly, on an imagined problem with that body part. Disease is a common complaint; see also Body dysmorphic disorder and Hypochondriasis. Generally, modern medical professionals have given up the use of "hysteria" as a diagnostic category, replacing it with more precisely defined categories such as somatization disorder. In 1980, the American Psychiatric Association officially changed the diagnosis of "hysterical neurosis, conversion type" to "conversion disorder".

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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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1. hysteria

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1. sheriyat

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of hysteria in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of hysteria in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of hysteria in a Sentence

1. Ronald Primas:

   You have to understand the psyche of the time. Everyone was on high alert, it was a year post 9/11, a year after the anthrax scare, they were in top security mode. A nurse was screaming,' Get her into a room. She's contagious !' There was hysteria.

2. Stuart Oakley:

   It's a flight to quality as well, the news seems to be creating this mass hysteria everywhere, there's panic that the world's about to end, so people are getting out of risk and putting their money in safe havens and the biggest one of those are 10-year Treasury bond.

3. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez:

   We are seeing these headlines about percentage increases, now, I want to say that any amount of harm is unacceptable and too much, but I also want to make sure that this hysteria, you know, that this doesn’t drive a hysteria and that we look at these numbers in context so that we can make responsible decisions about what to allocate in that context.

4. John Sifton:

   With the fall of Kabul on Aug. 15, it just turned into a massive hysteria over there with people trying to get out.

5. Alexei Pushkov:

   The fact that a Putin-Trump meeting will happen says only one thing: that for all its hysteria, the United States is not able to isolate or ignore Russia, it took a long time for Washington to get that idea, but it got there in the end.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=hysteria
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Hysteria
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hysteria
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hysteria
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=hysteria