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hysteria

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


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It’s not helpful, and your children will absorb your hysteria.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026

The gig started as a one-time guest role but “ignited a fan hysteria so intense,” Falchuk said, that the show was rewritten to make Dane a leading man.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 20, 2026

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is telling the world not to give into hysteria but cooler heads are not at the moment prevailing.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 20, 2026

Russia's President Vladimir Putin dismissed such talk as "hysteria" on Wednesday.

From BBC • Dec. 17, 2025

The state was dreamlike, as if the hysteria had freed me from a fiction that, five minutes before, I had needed to believe.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover




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