mass hysteria

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mass hysteria Meaning of "mass hysteria"

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Definition(s):

  • (n) a condition in which a large group of people exhibit the same state of violent mental agitation

Usage(s):

  1. No Ziegfeld girl ever inspired a male reaction remotely comparable to the mass hysteria of Sinatra's swooners in the 1940s or Elvis Presley's frantic fanatics in the 1950s.
  2. The personal truculence Malaparte advocates is far from the mass hysteria of Fascism.
  3. Nothing screams mass hysteria like altering food and water sources, throw in weird weather patterns and that's a scary massive dynamic.
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