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Definition of Mass hysteria
1. Noun. A condition in which a large group of people exhibit the same state of violent mental agitation.
Definition of Mass hysteria
1. Noun. (psychology) The sociopsychological phenomenon in which a large group of people exhibit the same or similar hysterical symptoms simultaneously. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Mass hysteria
1. Spontaneous, en masse development of identical physical and/or emotional symptoms among a group of individuals, as seen in a classroom of schoolchildren, a socially contagious frenzy of irrational behaviour in a group of people as a reaction to an event. Synonym: epidemic hysteria. (05 Mar 2000)
Literary usage of Mass hysteria
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Turbulent Times: Stories by Allan H. Keith (2002)
"But many observers claim that all— or most— of the phenomenon was nothing but a
classic case of mass hysteria. On the other hand, a great many residents of ..."
2. Expanding the Boundaries of Self Beyond the Limit of Traditional Thought by Oliver H. Jobson (2005)
"When people turned on their radios and heard announcements that Martians were
coming, there was mass hysteria. I believe that response is the reason the ..."
3. Loving Ganesa: Hinduism's Endearing Elephant-Faced God by Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami, Subramuniya (2000)
"Headlines heralded the attitude: "People go Ber- serk at 'Milk Miracle;'" "Scientists
Dismiss it as mass hysteria," and "Milk-Drinking Deities Unleash Mass ..."
4. The Proletarian Revolution in Russia by Vladimir Ilʹich Lenin, Leon Trotsky (1918)
"Wouldn't it be more becoming for internationalists to 'be able to resist, at such
a moment, the "mass" hysteria than "want to 'be with the masses," that is, ..."
5. Religious Intolerance in Europe Today: Hearing Before the Commission on edited by Alfonse M. D'Amato (1999)
"mass hysteria and anti-immigrant sentiment allow the government to carry out
these acts with impunity. In Uzbekistan, where the majority of inhabitants are ..."
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