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hysteria
noun as in state of extreme upset
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In some cases, they have attributed reported health-effects from fume exposure to factors including hyperventilation, jet lag, psychological stress, mass hysteria and malingering.
"We hear the hysteria about our military pilots allegedly violating rules and somebody's air space," Peskov tells me.
This led to hysteria, with fans attacking the barriers, shouting and pleading that they were disabled and needed to leave.
But at the height of anti-communist hysteria, real estate interests, seeing their profits threatened by public housing, launch a successful campaign against it, financing opposition groups that call it “socialist housing.”
"There are moments that feel incredibly heightened - you're out of breath, facing elements of hysteria - but it's brilliant."
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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