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Meanings of mass hysteria in English

Russian
массовая истерия
Portuguese
histeria em massa
Spanish
histeria en masa
Catalan
histèria col·lectiva
Wikidata

Phenomenon that transmits collective illusions of threats, whether real or imaginary, through a population in society as a result of rumors and fear.

массовая истерия

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

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Usage of mass hysteria in English
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
6
The reaction to spam can be described only as mass hysteria.
Financial Crime and Corruption
7
All of it no doubt very sad, but no cause for mass hysteria.
The hangman's daughter
8
It appears that your group succumbed to a mass hysteria.
A dark matter
9
The Falling is about mass hysteria at a girl's school.
Radio NZ
10
Human sacrifice, dogs and cats living together - mass hysteria.
Wired
11
Europe at this time was afflicted by periodic outbreaks of mass hysteria and religious frenzy.
The Guardian
12
In 1938, Orson Welles' radio dramatization of The War of the Worlds created mass hysteria.
Wired
13
Pencil sharpener Staplers and pencil sharpeners hardly have reputations for causing mass hysteria or excitement.
The Guardian
14
The Economist summed this semipternal mass hysteria neatly thus:
The Belgian Curtain: Europe after Communism
15
On those lovely, irretrievable nights a kind of mass hysteria would sweep through the establishment.
The new yorker
16
Reminds me of high school antics or mass hysteria.
Terminal Compromise
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