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Meanings of hysteria in English

Russian
истерия
Portuguese
histérico
Spanish
histeria
Catalan
histèria
Wikidata

Former diagnostic category describing a state of mind, one of unmanageable fear or emotional excesses.

Related terms
истерия
Portuguese
frenesi
Catalan
deliri
Spanish
delirio

State of violent mental agitation.

frenesi
Synonyms
Examples for "histrionic personality disorder"
Examples for "histrionic personality disorder"
1
There were significant positive relationships between scores on compulsive, borderline and histrionic personality disorder scales and the probability of obsessions and compulsions.
Pubmed
2
This report details the observations on those subjects diagnosed with the DSM-III diagnosis Histrionic Personality Disorder.
Pubmed
Catalan
histèria

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

histèria
Usage of hysteria in English
1
It says anti-Russian hysteria is sweeping through the United States and Europe.
Reuters
2
I really think the colour coding system creates a bit of hysteria.
The Irish Times
3
He blamed the media for causing mass hysteria over the issue, too.
The South African
4
I saw a Thai radio crew in a state of mild hysteria.
The Guardian
5
The young mothers, on the knife edge of hysteria, rocked their children.
The Storyteller
6
But the battle of harsh words and hysteria left most viewers annoyed.
Radio NZ
7
Their deaths have passed almost unnoticed in the hysteria surrounding Hopkins' demise.
The Guardian
8
The only reply came from the prisoners: more hysteria, more cage rattling.
Complete Books of Blood
9
A stunt gone wrong? Bess demanded, her voice rising with hysteria now.
The last illusion
10
The woman was obviously used to dealing with hysteria and snide remarks.
The Lost Continent
11
All her movements were spasmodic; she was on the verge of hysteria.
At the Villa Rose
12
I shall be next, I tell you. Her voice rose with hysteria.
The lady elizabeth
13
Disbelief could be a product of hysteria just as much as belief.
The End of the Affair
14
She was in fact not merely on the verge of her hysteria.
The Head of the House of Coombe
15
The close of the letter was a hysteria of love and grief.
The President: A Novel
16
The Drug Foundation says hysteria about meth-contaminated houses is punishing vulnerable citizens.
Radio NZ
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Ireland
Common
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
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