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Meanings of epidemic hysertia in English

A condition in which a large group of people exhibit the same state of violent mental agitation.

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        Examples for "mass hysteria"
        Examples for "mass hysteria"
        1
        He blamed the media for causing mass hysteria over the issue, too.
        The South African
        2
        They had not been touched by the mass hysteria in the towers.
        Dayworld Rebel
        3
        The latter is commonly explained as a form of mass hysteria.
        The Irish Times
        4
        Rumors of suicide or secret sin begin to circulate and ignite mass hysteria.
        Vampire forensics: uncovering the origins of an enduring legend
        5
        I do believe in mass pathology: mass hysteria, mass personality disorders, mass psychoses.
        After the Rain : how the West lost the East