as in frenzy
a state of wildly excited activity or emotion
the hysteria of the mother when she realized that she had lost her four-year-old son in the crowd
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Recent Examples of hysteria
The report has not escaped criticism, with Jason Isaac, CEO of the American Energy Institute, accusing the UK government of institutionalizing climate hysteria.
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Emma Bussey, FOXNews.com, 17 Nov. 2025
Decades before Salem, hysteria over witchcraft was already sweeping through England – and perhaps nowhere more fervently than in the southeast, such as in the neighboring counties of Kent and Essex, which border London.
—James Frater, CNN Money, 31 Oct. 2025
Critics will predictably argue that those two positions are inherently linked; on the opposite side of the political spectrum, oil and gas partisans could point to Gates’ essay as proof that climate hysteria was misguided all along and that fossil use should continue unimpeded.
—Tim McDonnell, semafor.com, 28 Oct. 2025
Hallahan’s college dip into the Potter sensation is becoming a flood of Harry, Hermione, and Hogwarts hysteria.
—Jed Gottlieb, Boston Herald, 27 Oct. 2025
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Travelers not seeking football frenzy should avoid the fall, when hotel and airfare prices skyrocket and crowds are large.—
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January was set to host a free-agent frenzy, with most league veterans aligning their contracts to expire in advance of the new CBA.—
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The agent took this to be a reference to the multifaceted terror rampage in France, which killed at least 130 people in 2015.—
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Trump’s rampage through federal programs has proven a liability there.—
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“Hysteria.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hysteria. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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