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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 
Phenomenon that transmits collective illusions of threats, whether real or imaginary, through a population in society as a result of rumors and fear.
A condition in which a large group of people exhibit the same state of violent mental agitation.
Synonyms
Examples for "national hysteria"
Examples for "national hysteria"
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Annie watched as the unreasoning national hysteria broke out.
2
Despite the mounting national hysteria about the disease, Pham nursed him to the day before he died.
3
It's safe to say we are at Italia '90 levels of national hysteria and we're all hoping it won't be abating anytime soon.
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However, it appears that national hysteria as Team GB has reeled in the medals may have contributed to a greater sense of unity and Britishness.
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And the looters were the party shouting at the top of their voices about "vested rights" and "attacks on property" and "demagoguery producing national hysteria."
Usage of mass hysteria in English
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He blamed the media for causing mass hysteria over the issue, too.
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They had not been touched by the mass hysteria in the towers.
3
The latter is commonly explained as a form of mass hysteria.
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Rumors of suicide or secret sin begin to circulate and ignite mass hysteria.
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I do believe in mass pathology: mass hysteria, mass personality disorders, mass psychoses.
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The reaction to spam can be described only as mass hysteria.
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All of it no doubt very sad, but no cause for mass hysteria.
8
It appears that your group succumbed to a mass hysteria.
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The Falling is about mass hysteria at a girl's school.
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Human sacrifice, dogs and cats living together - mass hysteria.
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Europe at this time was afflicted by periodic outbreaks of mass hysteria and religious frenzy.
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In 1938, Orson Welles' radio dramatization of The War of the Worlds created mass hysteria.
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Pencil sharpener Staplers and pencil sharpeners hardly have reputations for causing mass hysteria or excitement.
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The Economist summed this semipternal mass hysteria neatly thus:
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On those lovely, irretrievable nights a kind of mass hysteria would sweep through the establishment.
16
Reminds me of high school antics or mass hysteria.
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Translations for mass hysteria
Russian
Spanish
Catalan
Mass hysteria through the time
Mass hysteria across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Less common