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MASS HYSTERIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does mass hysteria mean?
• MASS HYSTERIA (noun)
The noun MASS HYSTERIA has 1 sense:
1. a condition in which a large group of people exhibit the same state of violent mental agitation
Familiarity information: MASS HYSTERIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A condition in which a large group of people exhibit the same state of violent mental agitation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
epidemic hysertia; mass hysteria
Hypernyms ("mass hysteria" is a kind of...):
craze; delirium; frenzy; fury; hysteria (state of violent mental agitation)
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