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Recent Examples of hysteria As fear and prejudice take hold, Lidia and her family must navigate the growing hysteria surrounding queerness, disease and desire in a deeply patriarchal society. Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 15 Oct. 2025 Like a faulty fire hydrant, or a vacuum cleaner whizzing up and down with the uncontrollable hysteria of a feral raccoon, our directive was to suck up as many clicks as possible through every angle imaginable. Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 8 Oct. 2025 In the business classic Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds, Charles Mackay examined the psychology of crowd behavior and mass hysteria throughout history, from the Dutch Tulip Mania of the 1630s to humanity’s historical obsession with transmuting base metals into gold. Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 7 Oct. 2025 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. Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 29 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for hysteria
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Noun
  • LaVine and Monk whipped the crowd into a frenzy, combining to make 17 of 32 from the field and 10 of 18 from 3-point range as the Kings bounced back from a season-opening loss to the Phoenix Suns.
    Jason Anderson, Sacbee.com, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Despite the latest meme stock frenzy, Beyond Meat has nonetheless still fallen 23% so far in 2025 after tumbling 58% in 2024.
    Liz Napolitano, CNBC, 24 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • This film is situated as a direct sequel to Halloween II, giving us a chance to check in with Laurie Strode 20 years after Michael Myers' first rampage.
    Chris Snellgrove, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Oct. 2025
  • In July 2011, a Norwegian neo-Nazi went on a rampage, detonating a bomb in Oslo, Norway, before opening fire at a Labour Party youth camp on nearby Utoya Island.
    Chelsea Bailey, CNN Money, 19 Oct. 2025

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“Hysteria.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hysteria. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.

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