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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

But it spread aggressively in America just as Mr. Savage had warned it would — a prediction that earned him the ire of people who called him a hysteric and a sellout.

From New York Times ● Apr. 16, 2020

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

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2018

What, then, to begin with, is Dr. Janet's general conception of the psychological states of the advanced hysteric?

From Human Personality and its Survival of Bodily Death by F. W. H. (Frederic William Henry) Myers


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