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 invading parasite is a culture of hate and paranoia and sadism — mass hysteria as sanctioned by the government that is supposed to protect you.
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Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 29 Sep. 2025
Classical When Franz Liszt was at the zenith of his fame in the nineteenth century, his fans were so enthralled by his good looks and talent that his mere presence created an atmosphere of mass hysteria.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2025
McCarthy and his cronies engineered a hysteria over left-wing ideologies and their sympathizers, encouraging tactics like loyalty oaths and provoking paranoia over a suggestion that communist spies were omnipresent in America.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, Entertainment Weekly, 18 Sep. 2025
Our hearts go out to his family, but this should not have become a springboard for hysteria, partisanship, and meltdown.
—Paul Bedard, The Washington Examiner, 13 Sep. 2025
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Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 29 Sep. 2025
Classical When Franz Liszt was at the zenith of his fame in the nineteenth century, his fans were so enthralled by his good looks and talent that his mere presence created an atmosphere of mass hysteria.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2025
McCarthy and his cronies engineered a hysteria over left-wing ideologies and their sympathizers, encouraging tactics like loyalty oaths and provoking paranoia over a suggestion that communist spies were omnipresent in America.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, Entertainment Weekly, 18 Sep. 2025
Our hearts go out to his family, but this should not have become a springboard for hysteria, partisanship, and meltdown.
—Paul Bedard, The Washington Examiner, 13 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hysteria
Noun
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New technologies at work cause something of a feeding frenzy.—
Nick Tzitzon,
Fortune,
18 Oct. 2025
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The pair weathered the media frenzy, however.—
Stephanie Sengwe,
PEOPLE,
18 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Speck was a mass murderer who went on a rampage and killed eight nursing students in 1966.—
Christopher Rudolph,
PEOPLE,
7 Oct. 2025
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Nineteen children and two teachers were killed in the May 2022 rampage at Robb Elementary School.—
Josh Margolin,
ABC News,
7 Oct. 2025
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“Hysteria.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hysteria. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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