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单词 hysteria
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
hys•te•ri•a /hɪˈstɛriə, -ˈstɪr-/USA pronunciation   n. [uncountable]
  1. a wild, violent, or uncontrollable emotional behavior, as from fear or grief.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
hys•te•ri•a  (hi ster′ē ə, -stēr′-),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. an uncontrollable outburst of emotion or fear, often characterized by irrationality, laughter, weeping, etc.
  2. Psychiatrya psychoneurotic disorder characterized by violent emotional outbreaks, disturbances of sensory and motor functions, and various abnormal effects due to autosuggestion.
  3. PsychiatrySee conversion disorder. Cf. mass hysteria.
  • hyster(ic) + -ia 1795–1805

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
hysteria /hɪˈstɪərɪə/ n
  1. a mental disorder characterized by emotional outbursts, susceptibility to autosuggestion, and, often, symptoms such as paralysis that mimic the effects of physical disorders
  2. any frenzied emotional state, esp of laughter or crying
Etymology: 19th Century: from New Latin, from Latin hystericus hysteric
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