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epidemic hysteria

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  • epidemic — 1. noun a) A widespread disease that affects many individuals in a population. b) An occurrence of a disease or disorder in a population at a frequency higher than that expected in a given time period. Ant …   Wiktionary

  • hysteria — A somatoform (psychoneurotic or psychosomatic) disorder in which there is an alteration or loss of physical functioning that suggests a physical disorder such as paralysis of an arm or disturbance of vision, but that is instead apparently an… …   Medical dictionary

  • epidemic hallucination —    Also known as popular hallucination and mass hallucinosis. All three terms are used to denote a hallucination shared by a relatively large number of people, who typically believe the content of the hallucination in question to be veridical or… …   Dictionary of Hallucinations

  • epidemic hysertia — noun a condition in which a large group of people exhibit the same state of violent mental agitation • Syn: ↑mass hysteria • Hypernyms: ↑craze, ↑delirium, ↑frenzy, ↑fury, ↑hysteria …   Useful english dictionary

  • Mass hysteria — other names include collective hysteria, group hysteria, or collective obsessional behavior is the manifestation of the same or similar hysterical symptoms by more than one person.[1][2] A common manifestation of mass hysteria occurs when a group …   Wikipedia

  • Seattle Windshield Pitting Epidemic — The Seattle Windshield Pitting Epidemic is a phenomenon which affected Bellingham, Seattle, USA, and other Washington communities in April, 1954. It was characterized by widespread observation of previously unnoticed windshield holes, pits and… …   Wikipedia

  • Tanganyika laughter epidemic — The Tanganyika laughter epidemic of 1962 was an outbreak of mass psychogenic illness (MPI) in the vicinity of the village of Kashasha on the western coast of Lake Victoria in the modern nation of Tanzania near the border of Kenya. Due to its… …   Wikipedia

  • mass hysteria — noun a condition in which a large group of people exhibit the same state of violent mental agitation • Syn: ↑epidemic hysertia • Hypernyms: ↑craze, ↑delirium, ↑frenzy, ↑fury, ↑hysteria * * * Psychol. a condition affecting a group of persons,… …   Useful english dictionary

  • epidemichysteria — epidemic hysteria n. See mass hysteria. * * * …   Universalium

  • Mass psychogenic illness — (MPI), also called mass sociogenic illness,[1] is “the rapid spread of illness signs and symptoms affecting members of a cohesive group, originating from a nervous system disturbance involving excitation, loss or alteration of function, whereby… …   Wikipedia

  • Dancing mania — on a pilgrimage to the church at Sint Jans Molenbeek. An engraving by Hendrick Hondius (1642) after a drawing by Pieter Brueghel the Elder (1564). Dancing mania (also known as dancing plague, choreomania, St John s Dance and, historically, St.… …   Wikipedia

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