hysteria
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hysteria
- /hɪˈstɪəɹiə/ UK
- /hɪˈstɛɹiə/ US
- /hɪˈstɪɹiə/ US
Rhymes with -ɪəɹiə
Where it comes from
From New Latin hysteria, a back-formation from Latin hystericus, from Ancient Greek ὑστερικός (husterikós, “suffering in the uterus, hysterical”), from ὑστέρα (hustéra, “womb”). Compare French hystérie.
noun hysterias · hysteriae · hysteriæ
- Behavior exhibiting excessive or uncontrollable emotions, in a wide range from joy to panic but usually including anxiety or fear. Zinoviev was unwell and feverish. He was told he was to be transferred to another cell. But when he saw the guards he at once understood. All accounts agree that he collapsed, yelling in a high-pitched voice a desperate appeal to Stalin to keep his word. He gave the impression of hysteria, but this
- A mental disorder characterized by emotional excitability etc. without an organic cause. The typical cases of hysteria cited by Freud thus involved a moral conflict—a conflict about what the young women in question wanted to do with themselves. Did they want to prove that they were good daughters by taking care of their sick fathers? Or did they want to become independent of their paren
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Synonym of conversion disorder.
Similar: conversion disorder
- Any disorder of women with some psychiatric symptoms without other diagnosis, ascribed to uterine influences on the female body, lack of pregnancy, or lack of sex.
Similar: uterine melancholy
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: frenzy, fury, craze, delirium, hysterical neurosis, psychosis, uproar, agitation, mania, panic, excitement, turmoil, commotion, furor, tumult, neurosis
noun
Similar: uterine melancholy
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noun behavior exhibiting excessive or uncontrollable emotion
| Español | histeria |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 히스테리 hiseuteri |
| 日本語 | ヒステリー hisuterī |
| 中文 | 歇斯底里 xiēsīdǐlǐ |
| हिन्दी | हिस्टीरिया hisṭīriyā |
| Português | histeria |
| Français | hystérie |
| Deutsch | Hysterie |
| Italiano | isteria |
| Ελληνικά | υστερία ystería |
| Română | isterie |
| Русский | истери́я isteríja |
| Tiếng Việt | ittêri, ictêri |
| العربية | هِسْتِيرْيَا histīryā |
| עברית | הִיסְטֶרְיָה histérya |
Talk about this word "hysteria." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/hysteria. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. hysteria. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/hysteria "hysteria." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/hysteria.Cite this
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title = {hysteria},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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