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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.

Synonyms
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