hysterical person

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• Hysterical strength — (Note that this type of strength has never been proven to exist.)Hysterical strength is when a person uses more than the average 33% of muscle fibers that our brain limits us to use, and is usually triggered in a hysterical state. It can be seen… …   Wikipedia

• hysterical blindness —    Also known as conversive blindness. The term hysterical blindness is indebted to the term hysteria, which is in turn indebted to the Greek noun hustera (uterus). The term hysteria reflects the ancient conviction that some types of mental… …   Dictionary of Hallucinations

• Hypnotism — • The nervous sleep, induced by artificial and external means, which has been made the subject of experiment and methodical study by men of science, physicians or physiologists Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Hypnotism     Hypn …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Mental Pathology —     Mental Pathology     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Mental Pathology     This subject will be considered under the following headings:     I. Localization of Mental Faculties     II. Causes of Mental Disturbances     III. Varieties of Insanity… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• hysteric — 1. adjective hysterical 2. noun A hysterical person. See Also: hysterical, hysteria …   Wiktionary

• hysteric — n. & adj. n. 1 (in pl.) a a fit of hysteria. b colloq. overwhelming mirth or laughter (we were in hysterics). 2 a hysterical person. adj. = HYSTERICAL. Etymology: L f. Gk husterikos of the womb (hustera), hysteria being thought to occur more… …   Useful english dictionary

• energumen — noun a) A person possessed by an evil ghost, spirit, or entity. b) A frantic and hysterical person …   Wiktionary

• hys·ter·ic — /hıˈsterık/ noun, pl ics [count] usually disapproving : a person who behaves or reacts in an extremely or foolishly emotional way : a hysterical person He dismisses his critics as a bunch of hysterics who are always predicting disaster. see also… …   Useful english dictionary

• Johan Strand Johansen — Infobox Officeholder name = Johan Strand Johansen nationality=Norwegian order=Minister of Labour term start=July 25, 1945 term end=November 5, 1945 successor=Nils Langhelle birth date=Birth date|1903|2|3 birth place= Åfjord, Sør Trøndelag death… …   Wikipedia

• drama queen — n a self dramatising or hysterical person. The expression was originally (in the 1960s) applied by male homosexuals to their fellows. In the 1970s the phrase was adopted by heterosexuals and applied to women and, sometimes, to straight as well as …   Contemporary slang

• meemie — /mēˈmi/ (slang) noun 1. (in full screaming meemie) a hysterical person 2. (in pl) a fit of hysterics ORIGIN: Origin unknown …   Useful english dictionary