The term "hysteria" comes from the Greek word for "womb" and refers to a disease that was once diagnosed almost exclusively in women. From Wordnik.com. [Jezebel] Reference
I'd suggest that the "hysteria" is with a different group (and for a different group). From Wordnik.com. [Balkinization] Reference
COSTELLO: ACORN is trying to quiet what it calls hysteria, coming from conservative circles. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 31, 2008] Reference
When she suffers fainting spells, her superiors criticize what they call her hysteria and give her a whip for self-flagellation. From Wordnik.com. [She was a teenage nun.] Reference
Just more fabricated hysteria from the sore losers. From Wordnik.com. [Republicans raising cash to counter-program ABC Obama special] Reference
I believe Lead Shot hysteria is just that, hysteria!. From Wordnik.com. [Should Non-Toxic Shot Be Mandatory for Doves?] Reference
I don't think the word hysteria fits the situation here. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 8, 2003] Reference
That sort of hysteria is going to help keep him in office. From Wordnik.com. [Kroger report on Adams imminent, sources say (Jack Bog's Blog)] Reference
"Anything a doctor doesn't understand he calls hysteria," put in. From Wordnik.com. [The Shadow World] Reference
“The Global Warming hysteria is not based on sound science.”. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Global warming denier Sarah Palin to appear at ‘Oil Palace’ in Texas.] Reference
In general, this form of literary hysteria is based unfounded fear. From Wordnik.com. [What the FCC hath wrought « BuzzMachine] Reference
Don't want to get caught up in hysteria but would like to stay informed. From Wordnik.com. [Are there any herpetologists out there?] Reference
I think this sustained level of hysteria is starting to get to us as a nation. From Wordnik.com. [Matthew Yglesias » Conservatives Love Universal Health Care Once It Happens, and Scott Brown is No Exception] Reference
Such melodrama, or hysteria, is good for fund-raising, but bad for American politics. From Wordnik.com. [Michael Gerson: The Success and the Failures of the Religious Right] Reference
Sure, it's dangerous for your heart, but your current hysteria is fatal to your reputation. From Wordnik.com. [Single-Handedly Reviving the Case for Estrogen Therapy] Reference
This goes a long way toward explaining the hysteria from the right during the August town halls. From Wordnik.com. [Democrats slam GOP as party of 'fear' in health care debate] Reference
Global warming hysteria is based entirely on the assumption of a large positive water vapor feedback. From Wordnik.com. [The Sun and Global Warming, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty] Reference
As you can imagine this resulted in hysteria and was perhaps the trigger for my acquired garden phobia. From Wordnik.com. [It's a jungle out there!] Reference
Thirdly, if she will, let Ms. Ellen C. play around with the word hysteria, from the Greek hystera ` womb. '. From Wordnik.com. [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol III No 4] Reference
However, Jayhawk hysteria is wild in Lawrence, and anything short of a journey to Atlanta would be disappointing. From Wordnik.com. [USATODAY.com - Cranking up the Vitale Bald Dome Index] Reference
As a country, we need to step back, take a deep breath and contemplate where this accelerating hysteria is taking us. From Wordnik.com. [Obamas catch 'Avatar'] Reference
This hysteria is now well past the insane point (even though these things have been floating around since September). From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-02-01] Reference
An eight year old boy using full blown, Victorian phrasing in the throws of misguided hysteria is just unavoidable funny. From Wordnik.com. ["That Vicious Beast You Call a Pet!"] Reference
You're going to feel very silly when this man-made global climate hysteria is proven out to be based on no scientific data. From Wordnik.com. [I've had it with your left wing rag!] Reference
Just more knee jerk name calling and hyper partisan hysteria from the same shameless people who caused the problem to begin with. From Wordnik.com. [Republicans quick to react to latest jobs report] Reference
Getting caught up in the short term hysteria of media outrage has the potential to damage the independence and integrity of the ABC. From Wordnik.com. [Top stories] Reference
This whole immigrant hysteria is being whipped up by the right wing as many of their other hysterical attacks are beginning to fail. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Hagel on Bush Immigration Plan: ‘That’s Not The Role of Our National Guard’] Reference
The term hysteria associated with these states. From Wordnik.com. [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference
Pretty soon, he discovered the hysteria was a little overblown. From Wordnik.com. [The Guardian World News] Reference
They level of hysteria is so great that it simply can’t be that bad. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » The Stupak Solution?] Reference
Americans’ political correctness hysteria is impeding serious debates. From Wordnik.com. [Matthew Yglesias » Europe: A Continent Full of Lovely Countries] Reference
Underlying the hysteria is the belief that scarce elite degrees must be highly valuable. From Wordnik.com. [Prestige Panic] Reference
Mass hysteria occurs when excessive emotional excitability is fueled in a social context. From Wordnik.com. [Political Hysteria: Call for Immediate Pre-Election Calming] Reference
He’s a fcuking calculating hysteric making a fortune off promoting hysteria is what he is. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Beck: Obama is ‘dividing the nation’ by reacting ‘so rapidly to Haiti.’] Reference
Our biggest fear is that there could be a recall hysteria and people not buy because of that. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 10, 2007] Reference
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