mass hysteria

English

Noun

mass hysteria (uncountable)

(psychology) The sociopsychological phenomenon in which a large group of people exhibit the same or similar hysterical symptoms simultaneously.
- 1974 December, Lewis D. Polk, “Mass Hysteria in an Elementary School”, in Clinical Pediatrics, volume 13, number 12, →DOI, pages 1013:
  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.

Translations

sociopsychological phenomenon

Finnish: joukkohysteria
Hungarian: tömeghisztéria
Spanish: histeria colectiva f
Swedish: masspsykos (sv), masshysteri

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