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hysteria

[hi-ster-ee-uh, -steer-] / hɪˈstɛr i ə, -ˈstɪər- /


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Hysteria about pedophiles, driven by conspiracy theories, has trampled truth.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 24, 2023

Copelovitch's "Inflation/Recession Hysteria" chart, based on search results of news articles, tells the whole story in a glance.

From Salon • Sep. 30, 2023

Def Leppard, whose hits include Animal and Hysteria, are currently on a world tour, and will next appear in their hometown of Sheffield at Bramall Lane on 22 May.

From BBC • Mar. 20, 2023

Michael Sanchez helped Page land a gig speaking in October at Politicon, a nonpartisan political convention, in a discussion titled “Sex, Spies and Videotape: Russian Hysteria in Context.”

From Washington Post • Feb. 5, 2019

Hysteria rose within me, and I cried out between sobs, “His noble mind is overthrown. Why, oh why did I grant him my love? I am undone!”

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein




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