hysteria

See also: hystéria

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl]  hysteria, from hysteric, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin hystericus, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek ὑστερικός (husterikós, “suffering in the uterus, hysterical”), from ὑστέρα (hustéra, “womb”). Compare French hystérie.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɨˈstɛɹijə/, /hɨˈstɪɹijə/

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Noun

hysteria (usually uncountable, plural hysterias or hysteriae or hysteriæ)

1. Behavior exhibiting excessive or uncontrollable emotion, such as fear or panic.
2. (medicine) A mental disorder characterized by emotional excitability etc. without an organic cause.
   • 1974, Thomas S. Szasz, M.D., chapter 13, in The Myth of Mental Illness‎^[1], →ISBN, page 218:

     The typical cases of hysteria cited by Freud thus involved a moral conflict—a conflict about what the young women in question wanted to do with themselves. Did they want to prove that they were good daughters by taking care of their sick fathers? Or did they want to become independent of their parents, by having a family of their own, or in some other way? I believe it was the tension between these conflicting aspirations that was the crucial issue in these cases. The sexual problem—say, of the daughter's incestuous cravings for her father—was secondary (if that important); it was stimulated, perhaps, by the interpersonal situation in which the one had to attend to the other's body. Moreover, it was probably easier to admit the sexual problem to consciousness and to worry about it than to raise the ethical problem indicated. In the final analysis, the latter is a vastly difficult problem in living. It cannot be "solved" by any particular maneuver but requires rather decision making about basic goals, and, having made the decisions, dedicated efforts to attain them.

3. (informal, pathology) Synonym of conversion disorder
4. (obsolete, pathology, until early 20th century) Any disorder of women with some psychiatric symptoms without other diagnosis, ascribed to uterine influences on the female body, lack of pregnancy, or lack of sex.

Synonyms

• (mental disorder): female hysteria
• (obsolete female disorder): uterine melancholy

Derived terms

Derived terms

• anxiety hysteria
• conversion hysteria
• ecohysteria

• female hysteria
• mass hysteria

Related terms

• hysteric, hysterics
• hysterical

Translations

behavior exhibiting excessive or uncontrollable emotion

• Albanian: histeria f
• Arabic: هِسْتِيرْيَا f (histīryā)
• Armenian: հիստերիա (hy) (histeria)
• Asturian: histeria f
• Basque: histeria
• Belarusian: істэры́я f (isterýja)
• Bengali: হিস্টেরিয়া (hisṭeriẏa)
• Bulgarian: истерия (bg) f (isterija)
• Catalan: histèria f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 歇斯底里 (zh) (xiēsīdǐlǐ)

• Czech: hysterie (cs) f
• Danish: hysteri n
• Dhivehi: ހިސްޓީރިޔާ (hisṭīriyā)
• Esperanto: histerio
• Estonian: hüsteeria
• Finnish: hysteria (fi)
• French: hystérie (fr) f
• German: Hysterie (de) f
• Greek: υστερία (el) f (ystería)
• Hebrew: היסטריה (he) f (histérya)
• Hindi: हिस्टीरिया (hi) (hisṭīriyā)
• Hungarian: hisztéria (hu)
• Icelandic: sefasýki f
• Ido: histerio (io)
• Indonesian: histeria (id)
• Irish: histéire f
• Italian: isteria (it) f
• Japanese: ヒステリー (hisuterī)
• Kazakh: истерия (isteriä)
• Korean: 히스테리 (ko) (hiseuteri)
• Kurdish:
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Kyrgyz: истерия (isteriya)
• Macedonian: хистерија f (histerija)
• Malay: histeria
• Nepali: हिस्टेरिया (hisṭeriyā)
• Norman: maladie malinne f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: hysteri n

  Nynorsk: hysteri n

• Occitan: isteria f
• Papiamentu: histeria f
• Persian: هیستری (fa) (histeri)
• Polish: histeria (pl) f
• Portuguese: histeria (pt) f
• Romanian: isterie (ro) f
• Russian: истери́я (ru) f (isteríja)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: хистѐрија f

  Roman: histèrija (sh) f

• Sinhalese: කෝලසන්නිය n (kōlasanniya), හිස්ටීරියාව n (hisṭīriyāwa)
• Slovak: hystéria f
• Spanish: histeria
• Swedish: hysteri (sv) c
• Tagalog: histerya
• Thai: ฮิสทีเรีย (th) (hís-tii-riia)
• Turkish: histeri (tr), isteri (tr)
• Ukrainian: істері́я f (isteríja)
• Uzbek:

  Cyrillic: истерия (uz) (isteriya)

  Roman: isteriya

• Vietnamese: ittêri

medical disorder

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 癔病 (zh) (yìbìng)

• Finnish: hysteria (fi)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Norman: maladie malinne f
• Sinhalese: මායා රෝගය n (māyā rōgaya)

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Translations to be checked

• Icelandic: ^{(please verify)} sefasýki f, ^{(please verify)} móðursýki f, ^{(please verify)} óhaminn æsingur m, ^{(please verify)} óhamin geðshræring f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

Further reading

• “hysteria”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “hysteria”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “hysteria”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

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Finnish

Noun

hysteria

1. hysteria

Declension

Inflection of hysteria (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative		hysteria	hysteriat
genitive		hysterian	hysterioiden hysterioitten
partitive		hysteriaa	hysterioita
illative		hysteriaan	hysterioihin
		singular	plural
nominative		hysteria	hysteriat
accusative	nom.	hysteria	hysteriat
	gen.	hysterian
genitive		hysterian	hysterioiden hysterioitten hysteriain rare
partitive		hysteriaa	hysterioita
inessive		hysteriassa	hysterioissa
elative		hysteriasta	hysterioista
illative		hysteriaan	hysterioihin
adessive		hysterialla	hysterioilla
ablative		hysterialta	hysterioilta
allative		hysterialle	hysterioille
essive		hysteriana	hysterioina
translative		hysteriaksi	hysterioiksi
abessive		hysteriatta	hysterioitta
instructive		—	hysterioin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of hysteria (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative hysteriani hysteriani accusative nom. hysteriani hysteriani gen. hysteriani genitive hysteriani hysterioideni hysterioitteni hysteriaini rare partitive hysteriaani hysterioitani inessive hysteriassani hysterioissani elative hysteriastani hysterioistani illative hysteriaani hysterioihini adessive hysteriallani hysterioillani ablative hysterialtani hysterioiltani allative hysterialleni hysterioilleni essive hysterianani hysterioinani translative hysteriakseni hysterioikseni abessive hysteriattani hysterioittani instructive — — comitative — hysterioineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative hysteriasi hysteriasi accusative nom. hysteriasi hysteriasi gen. hysteriasi genitive hysteriasi hysterioidesi hysterioittesi hysteriaisi rare partitive hysteriaasi hysterioitasi inessive hysteriassasi hysterioissasi elative hysteriastasi hysterioistasi illative hysteriaasi hysterioihisi adessive hysteriallasi hysterioillasi ablative hysterialtasi hysterioiltasi allative hysteriallesi hysterioillesi essive hysterianasi hysterioinasi translative hysteriaksesi hysterioiksesi abessive hysteriattasi hysterioittasi instructive — — comitative — hysterioinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative hysteriamme hysteriamme accusative nom. hysteriamme hysteriamme gen. hysteriamme genitive hysteriamme hysterioidemme hysterioittemme hysteriaimme rare partitive hysteriaamme hysterioitamme inessive hysteriassamme hysterioissamme elative hysteriastamme hysterioistamme illative hysteriaamme hysterioihimme adessive hysteriallamme hysterioillamme ablative hysterialtamme hysterioiltamme allative hysteriallemme hysterioillemme essive hysterianamme hysterioinamme translative hysteriaksemme hysterioiksemme abessive hysteriattamme hysterioittamme instructive — — comitative — hysterioinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative hysterianne hysterianne accusative nom. hysterianne hysterianne gen. hysterianne genitive hysterianne hysterioidenne hysterioittenne hysteriainne rare partitive hysteriaanne hysterioitanne inessive hysteriassanne hysterioissanne elative hysteriastanne hysterioistanne illative hysteriaanne hysterioihinne adessive hysteriallanne hysterioillanne ablative hysterialtanne hysterioiltanne allative hysteriallenne hysterioillenne essive hysteriananne hysterioinanne translative hysteriaksenne hysterioiksenne abessive hysteriattanne hysterioittanne instructive — — comitative — hysterioinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative hysteriansa hysteriansa accusative nom. hysteriansa hysteriansa gen. hysteriansa genitive hysteriansa hysterioidensa hysterioittensa hysteriainsa rare partitive hysteriaansa hysterioitaan hysterioitansa inessive hysteriassaan hysteriassansa hysterioissaan hysterioissansa elative hysteriastaan hysteriastansa hysterioistaan hysterioistansa illative hysteriaansa hysterioihinsa adessive hysteriallaan hysteriallansa hysterioillaan hysterioillansa ablative hysterialtaan hysterialtansa hysterioiltaan hysterioiltansa allative hysterialleen hysteriallensa hysterioilleen hysterioillensa essive hysterianaan hysterianansa hysterioinaan hysterioinansa translative hysteriakseen hysteriaksensa hysterioikseen hysterioiksensa abessive hysteriattaan hysteriattansa hysterioittaan hysterioittansa instructive — — comitative — hysterioineen hysterioinensa

Compounds

• joukkohysteria