Meaning of mass hysteria | Babel Free

Definitions

The sociopsychological phenomenon in which a large group of people exhibit the same or similar hysterical symptoms simultaneously.

uncountable

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Examples

“The new mass hysteria is known as the Pyramid Club and began—like so many other strange and wonderful notions—somewhere under the balmy skies of California.”

“However, these make no mention of mass hysteria or give any suggestion that hysteria may affect multiple individuals at one time in a special situation.”

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