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
In this boring policymaking context, AB 1421 is fine and the social media hysteria pretty silly.
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Sal Rodriguez, Oc Register, 8 Feb. 2026
Emily Mendenhall traces the medical myths, gender bias, and neurological truths behind hysteria, one of history’s most damaging diagnoses.
—Big Think, 29 Jan. 2026
Her hysteria frightens me and demands to be taken care of.
—Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 28 Jan. 2026
Or perhaps that is the concern conjured by the hysteria of Y2K—with its fads of fears pumped by a skepticism over technology and wars people could not hold so freshly after the recession of the early 1990s.
—Literary Hub, 28 Jan. 2026
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Sal Rodriguez, Oc Register, 8 Feb. 2026
Emily Mendenhall traces the medical myths, gender bias, and neurological truths behind hysteria, one of history’s most damaging diagnoses.
—Big Think, 29 Jan. 2026
Her hysteria frightens me and demands to be taken care of.
—Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 28 Jan. 2026
Or perhaps that is the concern conjured by the hysteria of Y2K—with its fads of fears pumped by a skepticism over technology and wars people could not hold so freshly after the recession of the early 1990s.
—Literary Hub, 28 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hysteria
Noun
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The move is characteristic frenzy building from Fred, whose show Friday night will be the final performance of his USB002 tour that began last fall.—
Katie Bain,
Billboard,
27 Feb. 2026
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But the latest one, The Hannah Montana 20th Anniversary Special, already has fans in a frenzy.—
Katie Decker-Jacoby,
StyleCaster,
27 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Police and firefighters failed to respond during the rampage, prompting furious residents to demand why no one helped them.—
Senior Editor,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Mar. 2026
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The scream, the hiss, the explosion — not a monster’s rampage.—
Kennedy French,
Variety,
6 Mar. 2026
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“Hysteria.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hysteria. Accessed 8 Mar. 2026.
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