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Source: mass hysteria definition | Dictionary.com | dictionary.reference.com
Description: a condition affecting a group of persons, characterized by excitement or anxiety, irrational behavior or beliefs, or inexplicable symptoms of illness.
Nov 05, 08:48am
A condition in which a large group of people exhibit similar physical or emotional symptoms, like anxiety or extreme excitement.
Mass hysteria is a spontaneous, en masse development of identical physical and/or emotional symptoms among a group of individuals.
