hysteria
/hɪˈstɪərɪə/noun
mass noun
1- exaggerated or uncontrollable emotion or excitement, especially among a group of people（尤指群体的）歇斯底里：
the anti-Semitic hysteria of the 1890s.
19世纪90年代的反犹太歇斯底里。
1.1
- Psychiatry a psychological disorder (not now regarded as a single definite condition) whose symptoms include conversion of psychological stress into physical symptoms (somatization), selective amnesia, shallow volatile emotions, and overdramatic or attention-seeking behaviour. The term has a controversial history as it was formerly regarded as a disease specific to women.【精神病学】癔病。
词源
early 19th cent.: from Latin hystericus （see HYSTERIC）.