单词 | hystericism |
释义 | > as lemmashystericism hystericism n. /hɪˈstɛrɪsɪz(ə)m/ rare hysteria (as a medical disorder or a state of extreme emotion). [Compare French hystéricisme (1754 or earlier).] ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > convulsive or paralytic disorders > [noun] > hysteria mother?c1450 rising of the motherc1450 suffocation of the womb, matrix, motherc1550 strangulation of the matrix or womb1601 hysterica passio1603 hysterical passion1623 hysteric passion1655 rising of the matrix1660 hystericism1710 globus hystericus1741 globe1751 hysteria1757 globus1833 pseudorabies1892 1710 T. Fuller Pharmacopœia Extemporanea 394 Why then must Hystericism and Hypochondriacism be confusedly jumbl'd together? 1867 Jrnl. Mental Sci. 12 260 A second [class] of ‘hystericism’ by imitation, in which the sufferers fall into convulsions on seeing others in them. 2002 Independent (Nexis) 6 May 12 But we do wonder what American movie-makers will make of the irony and sarcasm with which Austen mocks Gothic hystericism. < as lemmas |
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