Hysteria | Mean of hysteria in English Dictionary
/hɪˈsterijə/
- Noun
- a state in which your emotions (such as fear) are so strong that you behave in an uncontrolled way
- A few of the children began to scream, and soon they were all caught up in the hysteria.
- fits/attacks of hysteria
- a situation in which many people behave or react in an extreme or uncontrolled way because of fear, anger, etc.
- Wartime hysteria led to many unfair accusations of treachery.
- The spreading of the disease caused/produced mass hysteria in the village.
