Hysteria
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| human | human hysteria | human panic |
| similar | similar hysteria | similar panic |
| brief | brief hysteria | brief panic |
| mass | mass hysteria | mass panic |
| Other adjectives: public, complete, mild, genuine, obvious, real, frenzied, severe, massive, widespread, national, mindless, mad, increasing, resulting, ensuing, self-destructive. | ||
Both words in one sentence
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He is heavily criticized for keeping the impending disaster a secret from the general public, although announcing the end of the world would've caused massive panic and hysteria and helped no one.
Source: Strawman Has a Point -
The Poirot adaptation of The Big Four adds a new character called Lawrence Tysoe, a journalist who was one of the first people to know about the titular Big Four and stirs up quite a lot of hysteria and panic by publishing the information against his superiors' wishes.
Source: Intrepid Reporter - A penis panic is a form of mass hysteria where groups of people suddenly become convinced that their genitals are shrinking or disappearing.
Source: Shared Mass Hallucination
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Panic and Hysteria. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 16, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/hysteria/panic
Hysteria & Panic. N.p., 2016. Web. 16 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/hysteria/panic>.
Panic or Hysteria. 2016. Accessed August 16, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/hysteria/panic.
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