hysteria

Definition von hysteria im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch: A mental disorder characterized by emotional excitability etc. without an organic cause; Behavior exhibiting excessive or uncontrollable emotion, such as fear or panic; a nervous affection occurring typically in paroxysms of laughing and crying; excessive or uncontrollable fear; A psychoneurosis, characterized by lack of control over acts and emotions, by morbid self-consciousness, by anxiety and by simulation of various disorders; a psychiatric condition variously characterized by emotional excitability, excessive anxiety, sensory and motor disturbances, and the simulation of organic disorders; A person who is suffering from hysteria is in a state of violent and disturbed emotion as a result of shock. By now, she was screaming, completely overcome with hysteria. Term formerly used in psychology to designate a neurosis marked by emotional excitability and disturbances of psychic, sensory, vasomotor, and visceral functions. The concept was used frequently in the first half of the 20th century to explain a wide variety of symptoms and behaviours observed particularly in women. (The term derives from the Greek word for womb, reflecting the Greeks' belief that the condition resulted from disturbances of the uterus.) It was eventually dropped from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders as overly broad. Disorders with symptoms similar to those of traditional hysteria include conversion disorder, factitious disorder, dissociative disorder, and personality disorder (histrionic type); A nervous affection, occurring almost exclusively in women, in which the emotional and reflex excitability is exaggerated, and the will power correspondingly diminished, so that the patient loses control over the emotions, becomes the victim of imaginary sensations, and often falls into paroxism or fits; state of violent mental agitation; Uncontrolled wobble during a run Usually results in a wipe out; neurotic disorder characterized by violent emotional outbreaks and disturbances of sensory and motor functions; excessive or uncontrollable fear neurotic disorder characterized by violent emotional outbreaks and disturbances of sensory and motor functions; {i} uncontrollable outburst of emotion, exaggerated emotional response; pathological disorder characterized by violent emotional outbursts; Hysteria among a group of people is a state of uncontrolled excitement, anger, or panic. No one could help getting carried away by the hysteria; hysterics
hysterical: Having, or prone to having hysterics
hysterics: an attack of hysteria
mass hysteria: The sociopsychological phenomenon in which a large group of people exhibit the same or similar hysterical symptoms simultaneously
hysteric: {a} troubled with fits
hysterical: {a} troubled with fits
hysterics: {n} a complaint, fits of women
anxiety hysteria: a form of hysteria having features of both conversion disorder and anxiety neurosis
hysteric: characterized by or arising from psychoneurotic hysteria; "during hysterical conditions various functions of the human body are disordered"- Morris Fishbein; "hysterical amnesia"
hysteric: a person suffering from hysteria characterized by or arising from psychoneurotic hysteria; "during hysterical conditions various functions of the human body are disordered"- Morris Fishbein; "hysterical amnesia
hysteric: Of or pertaining to hysteria; affected, or troubled, with hysterics; convulsive, fitful
hysteric: a hysterical person
hysteric: a person suffering from hysteria
hysteric: {s} of or pertaining to hysteria; suffering from hysteria; characterized by uncontrollable emotional outbursts
hysterical: hysteric
hysterical: 4. If you describe something or someone as hysterical, you think that they are very funny and they make you laugh a lot. Paul Mazursky was Master of Ceremonies, and he was pretty hysterical. + hysterically hys·teri·cal·ly It wasn't supposed to be a comedy but I found it hysterically funny
hysterical: Of, or arising from hysteria
hysterical: Provoking uncontrollable laughter
hysterical: Someone who is hysterical is in a state of uncontrolled excitement, anger, or panic. Police and bodyguards had to protect him as the almost hysterical crowds struggled to approach him + hysterically hys·teri·cal·ly I don't think we can go round screaming hysterically: `Ban these dogs. Muzzle all dogs.'
hysterical: characterized by or arising from psychoneurotic hysteria; "during hysterical conditions various functions of the human body are disordered"- Morris Fishbein; "hysterical amnesia"
hysterical: {s} of or pertaining to hysteria; suffering from hysteria; characterized by uncontrollable emotional outbursts; very funny, hilarious (Slang)
hysterical: marked by excessive or uncontrollable emotion; "hysterical laughter"; "a mob of hysterical vigilantes"
hysterical: Hysterical laughter is loud and uncontrolled. I had to rush to the loo to avoid an attack of hysterical giggles. + hysterically hys·teri·cal·ly She says she hasn't laughed as hysterically since she was
hysterical: marked by excessive or uncontrollable emotion; "hysterical laughter"; "a mob of hysterical vigilantes
hysterical: Of or pertaining to hysteria; affected, or troubled, with hysterics; convulsive, fitful
hysterical: Someone who is hysterical is in a state of violent and disturbed emotion that is usually a result of shock. I suffered bouts of really hysterical depression. + hysterically hys·teri·cal·ly I was curled up on the floor in a corner sobbing hysterically
hysterically: in a hysterical manner; "she screamed hysterically when she heard the news
hysterically: in a hysterical manner
hysterically: in a hysterical manner; "she screamed hysterically when she heard the news"
hysterically: in a hysterical manner, with uncontrollable outbursts of emotion
hysterics: You can say that someone is in hysterics or is having hysterics when they are laughing loudly in an uncontrolled way. He'd often have us all in absolute hysterics
hysterics: If someone is in hysterics or is having hysterics, they are in a state of uncontrolled excitement, anger, or panic. I'm sick of your having hysterics, okay?
hysterics: {i} hysterical outburst, uncontrollable attack of emotion, fit of hysteria
hysterics: If someone is in hysterics or is having hysterics, they are in a state of violent and disturbed emotion that is usually a result of shock. It was such a shock I had hysterics = hysteria
mass hysteria: A condition in which a large group of people exhibit similar physical or emotional symptoms, such as anxiety or extreme excitement. Also called epidemic hysteria
mass hysteria: collective hysteria, uncontrollable outburst of emotion exhibited by a mass of people, exaggerated emotional response affecting a group of persons
mass hysteria: a condition in which a large group of people exhibit the same state of violent mental agitation

hysteria

Silbentrennung

hys·te·ri·a

Türkische aussprache

hîsteriı

Synonyme

agitation, delirium, excitement, feverishness, frenzy, hysterics, madness, mirth, nervousness, panic, unreason

Antonyme

calm, control, sereneness

Aussprache

/həˈsterēə/ /hɪˈstɛriːə/

Etymologie

() From New Latin hysteria hysteric Latin hystericus Ancient Greek ὑστερικός (hysterikos, “suffering in the uterus, hysterical”) ὑστέρα (hustera, “womb”). Confer French hystérie.

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