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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.

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"We hear the hysteria about our military pilots allegedly violating rules and somebody's air space," Peskov tells me.

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This led to hysteria, with fans attacking the barriers, shouting and pleading that they were disabled and needed to leave.

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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.”

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"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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