hysteria

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The book also documents how poorly prepared government agencies were in dealing with infectious diseases, how social media amplified fears and how hysteria overtook science.

From The Wall Street Journal

When the Gestapo came to the barn where the woman was hidden, not the baby but the mother began to shriek with hysteria.

From Literature

Today, there are “valid concerns” about travel there, but there’s also “a lot of hype and hysteria” among those looking to travel to Mexico, Elrod said.

From MarketWatch

And some of the biggest software-sector declines on Friday seemed largely unrelated to the AI hysteria around Block’s layoffs.

From MarketWatch

That decision prompted Jim Paterson, Lomond Banks' development director, to say opponents of the plan had run a campaign with "baseless and offensive" claims about the plan, claiming this was rooted in "hysteria and mistruth".

From BBC