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1. Hysteria
   [play] Hysteria: Or Fragments of an Analysis of an Obsessional Neurosis is a two-hour play by Terry Johnson fictionalising a 1938 meeting between Salvador Dalí and Sigmund Freud a year before the latter`s death. It is named after the Freudian psychological term "hysteria" and its London pre...
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2. Hysteria
   [Def Leppard song] "Hysteria" is a song by British hard rock band Def Leppard. It served as the titular third single from their 1987 multi-platinum album of the same name. "Hysteria" peaked at #10 on the Billboard Hot 100. On VH1 Storytellers: Def Leppard, frontman Joe Elliott revealed that ...
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3. Hysteria
   [The Human League album] Hysteria is the fourth album by the British synthpop band The Human League, released in May 1984. Following the worldwide success of their 1981 album Dare, the band struggled to make a successful follow-up and the sessions for Hysteria were fraught with problems. The...
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4. Hysteria
   [Muse song] "Hysteria" (also known as "Hysteria (I Want It Now)" in the USA) is a song by English alternative rock band Muse and is featured on their third studio album, Absolution. It was also released as a single from that album on 1 December 2003 in the United Kingdom, peaking at number 1...
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5. Hysteria
   [disambiguation] Hysteria, in its colloquial use, describes a state of mind, one of unmanageable fear or emotional excesses. Hysteria may also refer to: == Psychology == == Music == == Television, film and theatre == == Botany == == See also == ...
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6. Hysteria
   [Def Leppard album] Hysteria is the fourth studio album by the English rock band Def Leppard. It was released on 3 August 1987 through Mercury Records. It is the band`s best-selling album to date, selling over 20 million copies worldwide, and spawning six hit singles. The album charted at #1...
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7. hysteria
   [n] - neurotic disorder characterized by violent emotional outbreaks and disturbances of sensory and motor functions 2. [n] - excessive or uncontrollable fear
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8. Hysteria
   a term used to describe symptoms that are caused by mental stress and occur in someone who does not have a mental disorder
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9. hysteria
   /in hysteria..patients...tend to exhibit what is called the hysterical personality. Category: Medicine
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10. Hysteria
    Hys·te'ri·a noun [ New Latin : confer French hystérie . See Hysteric .] (Medicine) A nervous affection, occurring almost exclusively in women, in which the emotional and reflex excitability is exaggerated, and the will power corres...
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11. hysteria
    <medicine> 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 ...
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12. hysteria
    (his-ter´e-ә) a term that was formerly used widely in psychiatry but whose meaning has become overly broad; its meanings included classic hysteria (now called somatization disorder); hysterical neurosis (now divided into conversion disorder and the dissociative disorders); and hysterical personality (now called histrion...
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13. Hysteria
    • (n.) 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.
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14. hysteria
    hysteria 1. An emotionally unstable condition brought about by a traumatic experience. 2. A state of extreme, or exaggerated, emotion; such as, excitement or panic; especially, among large numbers of people. 3. Behavior exhibiting excessive or uncontrollable emotion; such as, fear or panic; or unc...
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15. Hysteria
    Hysteria, in its colloquial use, describes unmanageable emotional excesses. People who are "hysterical" often lose self-control due to an overwhelming fear that may be caused by multiple events in one`s past{Citation needed|date=November 2011} that involved some sort of severe conflict; the fear can be centered on a body part, or, most commonly...
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16. hysteria
    
    • state of violent mental agitation
    • excessive or uncontrollable fear
    • neurotic disorder characterized by violent emotional outbreaks and disturbances of sensory and motor functions
    
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17. hysteria
    hysteria (hister'ēu) , in psychology, a disorder commonly known today as conversion disorder, in which a psychological conflict is converted into a bodily disturbance. It is distinguished from hypochondria by the fact that its sufferers do not generally confuse their condition with real, p...
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18. hysteria
    Type: Term Pronunciation: his-tē′rē-ă Definitions: 1. A term derived from the ancient Greek concept of a wandering uterus, denoting maladies involving physical symptoms that seem better explained by psychological factors. The concept of hysteria is historicaly differentiated int...
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19. Hysteria
    It is a psychosomatic (see definition) disorder caused by a powerful psychological disturbance or need. Someone with it is usually completely unaware of the psychological basis of the problem. It is often impossible to convince the person that there is no physical basis for the upset, even after man...
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20. Hysteria
    [1965 film] Hysteria is a 1965 film directed by Freddie Francis. It stars Robert Webber and Anthony Newlands. In this film, an amnesiac ends up trying to solve a murder. ...
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21. Hysteria
    [2011 film] Hysteria is a British romantic comedy film directed by Tanya Wexler. It stars Felicity Jones, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Rupert Everett and Hugh Dancy. The film, set in the Victorian era, is about the invention of the vibrator. The film`s title refers to the once-common medical diagnosis...
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