Mass hysteria

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The sociopsychological phenomenon in which a large group of people exhibit the same or similar hysterical symptoms simultaneously. uncountable

    "The new mass hysteria is known as the Pyramid Club and began—like so many other strange and wonderful notions—somewhere under the balmy skies of California."

  2. 2
    a condition in which a large group of people exhibit the same state of violent mental agitation wordnet

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"The new mass hysteria is known as the Pyramid Club and began—like so many other strange and wonderful notions—somewhere under the balmy skies of California."