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mass hysteria
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In sociology and psychology , mass hysteria (also known as collective hysteria , group hysteria , or collective obsessional behavior ) is a phenomenon that transmits collective delusions of threats, whether real or imaginary, through a population in society ...
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n. a condition in which a large group of people exhibit the same state of violent mental agitation [syn: epidemic hysertia ]
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n. (context psychology English) The sociopsychological phenomenon in which a large group of people exhibit the same or similar hysterical symptoms simultaneously.
Usage examples of mass hysteria.
I mean, it could be a kind of mass hysteria, couldn't it, like the witch-trials were?
I'm interested in mass hysteria of all sorts-in the irrational responses of the human mind to overwhelming stimuli.
The intention was to spread mass hysteria which in turn would lead to anarchy, a fascist rule, and Lilith would then have achieved her aim.
Terrans had been wont to observe during the decades of endemic mass hysteria preceding the Second Millennium.
Carlos would use whatever firepower he had stolen, including grenades, to create mass hysteria so that he could escape.
There was going to be a lot of scoffing-mass hysteria, had Lott said?