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hysteric

[hi-ster-ik] / hɪˈstɛr ɪk /






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But to her credit, Ms. Coon never turns the character into a wild-eyed hysteric or a manipulated figure of pure pathos.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 9, 2026

As Freeman pulled into second base, a hysteric crowd of 52,995 rose to its feet.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 15, 2022

The journalist Jean-Paul Marat, crusader or hysteric depending on your view, lies dead in the bath in the painted version of David’s supreme act of propaganda.

From New York Times Feb. 17, 2022

"He was clearly a sort of hysteric," he says.

From BBC Oct. 20, 2018

The possible development of the hysteric from the malingerer by the repression of the knowledge of deceit is an idea of my own, which is not accepted by any one of importance.

From Spiritualism and the New Psychology An Explanation of Spiritualist Phenomena and Beliefs in Terms of Modern Knowledge by Millais Culpin




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