"mass hysteria" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} mass hysteria (uncountable)
  1. (psychology) The sociopsychological phenomenon in which a large group of people exhibit the same or similar hysterical symptoms simultaneously. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Psychology Translations (sociopsychological phenomenon): joukkohysteria (Finnish), tömeghisztéria (Hungarian), histeria colectiva [feminine] (Spanish), masspsykos (Swedish), masshysteri (Swedish), อุปาทานหมู่ (Thai)
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