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
Albritton emphasized the traditional role of the Senate in curbing ideological hysteria.
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Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 Jan. 2026
Your mother’s people, her father had told her ominously, on more than one occasion, are prone to hysteria.
—Lizz Schumer, PEOPLE, 8 Dec. 2025
The hysteria about a superior race, the insistence that all would be well if one insidious group was purged—those doctrines had been entirely defeated.
—Joan Silber, New Yorker, 30 Nov. 2025
The former slingshots between harmony and hysteria; the latter petrifies its beauty under a haze of ashy gray powder.
—Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 28 Nov. 2025
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Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 Jan. 2026
Your mother’s people, her father had told her ominously, on more than one occasion, are prone to hysteria.
—Lizz Schumer, PEOPLE, 8 Dec. 2025
The hysteria about a superior race, the insistence that all would be well if one insidious group was purged—those doctrines had been entirely defeated.
—Joan Silber, New Yorker, 30 Nov. 2025
The former slingshots between harmony and hysteria; the latter petrifies its beauty under a haze of ashy gray powder.
—Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 28 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hysteria
Noun
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This fact is why the tax- and fee-hike frenzy of the past year won’t ebb any time soon.—
U T Editorial Board,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
31 Jan. 2026
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In an age when polarized politics have whipped extremists into a frenzy and disagreeing with someone’s views justifies physical assault among fringe elements, the assault on Omar is a new abysmal milestone of societal degradation.—
Boston Herald editorial staff,
Boston Herald,
29 Jan. 2026
Noun
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At that time, officials from the San Jose Police Department described the injury to the sergeant and how officers subsequently shot, then ran over Husien to end his rampage.—
Robert Salonga,
Mercury News,
28 Jan. 2026
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Kanye West, now known as Ye, has taken out an ad in The Wall Street Journal to plead for forgiveness after his antisemitic rampage in 2025.—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
26 Jan. 2026
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“Hysteria.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hysteria. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.
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