hysteria
Behavior exhibiting excessive or uncontrollable emotions, in a wide range from joy to…Behavior exhibiting excessive or uncontrollable emotions, in a wide range from joy to panic but usually including anxiety or fear.
» The pandemics turned into a hysteria.
Die Pandemie wurde zur Hysterie.
Meaning
4 senses(uncountable, usually)Behavior exhibiting excessive or uncontrollable emotions, in a wide range from joy to panic but usually including anxiety or fear.
Hysterie
истери́яisteríja
істері́яisteríja, гістері́яhisteríja
excessive or uncontrollable fear
(uncountable, usually)A mental disorder characterized by emotional excitability etc. without an organic cause.
neurotic disorder characterized by violent emotional outbreaks and disturbances of sensory and motor functions
(informal, uncountable, usually)Synonym of conversion disorder.
истери́яisteríja
(historical, obsolete, uncountable, usually)Any disorder of women with some psychiatric symptoms without other diagnosis, ascribed to uterine influences on the female body, lack of pregnancy, or lack of sex.
Examples
7 sentencesThe pandemics turned into a hysteria.
deDie Pandemie wurde zur Hysterie. — Dorlota
Tom doesn't know the difference between passion and hysteria.
Is this mass hysteria?
It's mass hysteria.
deDas ist eine Massenhysterie. — Waldelfe
Hysteria is no laughing matter.
deHysterie ist nichts zum Lachen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Translations
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Origin
From New Latin hysteria, a back-formation from Latin hystericus, from Ancient Greek ὑστεριFrom New Latin hysteria, a back-formation from Latin hystericus, from Ancient Greek ὑστερικός (husterikós, “suffering in the uterus, hysterical”), from ὑστέρα (hustéra, “womb”). Compare French hystérie.
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Forms
plural: hysterias / hysteriae| Singular | hysteria |
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uncountable
Synonyms
7 synonyms- neurotic disorder characterized by violent emotional outbreaks and disturbances of sensory and motor functions:hysterical neurosis
- state of violent mental agitation:crazedeliriumfrenzyfury
Word family
8 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular
- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable