as in frenzy
a state of wildly excited activity or emotion
the hysteria of the mother when she realized that she had lost her four-year-old son in the crowd
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Recent Examples of hysteria
The withdrawal was difficult at times: eight years of manic, identity-warping hysteria and creative intensity.
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Mark Leibovich, The Atlantic, 31 Mar. 2025
Freud thought that a patient’s hysteria, say, wasn’t primarily caused by the present conditions of that patient’s life but rather by experiences and fantasies in very early childhood, especially those that took place within the nuclear family.
—Maggie Doherty, Harper's Magazine, 28 Feb. 2025
For all the hysteria around the goals conceded against Madrid and Palace, this setup actually helped Arsenal through their first leg encounter with the Spanish club.
—Art De Roché, New York Times, 2 May 2025
Although female hysteria is no longer recognized as legitimate, its vestiges persist.
—Shreyas Teegala, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Mar. 2025
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Mark Leibovich, The Atlantic, 31 Mar. 2025
Freud thought that a patient’s hysteria, say, wasn’t primarily caused by the present conditions of that patient’s life but rather by experiences and fantasies in very early childhood, especially those that took place within the nuclear family.
—Maggie Doherty, Harper's Magazine, 28 Feb. 2025
For all the hysteria around the goals conceded against Madrid and Palace, this setup actually helped Arsenal through their first leg encounter with the Spanish club.
—Art De Roché, New York Times, 2 May 2025
Although female hysteria is no longer recognized as legitimate, its vestiges persist.
—Shreyas Teegala, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hysteria
Noun
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The dampened investor mood over AI — relative to the frenzy over the theme in 2024, at least — doesn’t reflect the priorities of companies, which are still spending on AI infrastructure and leveraging the technology to find new revenue streams.—
Yeo Boon Ping,
CNBC,
21 May 2025
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Today’s tariff frenzy is not really motivated by a concern for military threats, anyway.—
Ben Bayer,
Oc Register,
19 May 2025
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Aniston, now 56, played a girl trying to stop his murderous rampage after his gold coins were stolen.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
People.com,
23 May 2025
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The probes said Byrd acted in self-defense and credited him with helping to protect lawmakers during the chaotic rampage by rioters including Babbitt, who was not armed.—
Dave Goldiner,
New York Daily News,
19 May 2025
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“Hysteria.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hysteria. Accessed 28 May. 2025.
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