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
Emily Mendenhall traces the medical myths, gender bias, and neurological truths behind hysteria, one of history’s most damaging diagnoses.
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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
However, after the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor, anti-Japanese hysteria spread across the United States.
—Jessica Alvarado Gamez, Denver Post, 27 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for hysteria
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
However, after the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor, anti-Japanese hysteria spread across the United States.
—Jessica Alvarado Gamez, Denver Post, 27 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for hysteria
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hysteria
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Among the frenzy of videos promoting healthier diets, marathon running, and sobriety, one trend catching on with young people—ironically on social media—is the idea of a digital detox, taking time away from our phone’s most addictive apps to improve everything from sleep to focus.—
Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez,
Fortune,
13 Feb. 2026
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Then a frenzy as all the players rifled through their music.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
13 Feb. 2026
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Scientists have long suspected that active supermassive black holes can kill their own host galaxies, but new research suggests these cosmic titans are more like serial killers that can extend their murderous rampage across many light-years and destroy neighboring galaxies, too.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
20 Feb. 2026
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Randy Santos, 31, was arrested with a bloody metal bar in his hands shortly after the October 2019 rampage.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
18 Feb. 2026
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“Hysteria.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hysteria. Accessed 22 Feb. 2026.
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