hysteria

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n. 歇斯底里症, 不正常的兴奋, 癔病 [医] 癔病, 歇斯底里

发音

US /hɪˈstɛɹiə/
US /hɪˈstɪɹiə/

词形变化

hysteriae hysteriæ hysterias 复数 hysterias hysteriae 复数 hysteriæ 复数

释义与例句

n. C2
  1. 1.

    Behavior exhibiting excessive or uncontrollable emotions, in a wide range from joy to panic but usually including anxiety or fear.

    歇斯底里

    不可数
  2. 2.

    A mental disorder characterized by emotional excitability etc. without an organic cause.

    不可数 医学
  3. 3.

    Synonym of conversion disorder.

    非正式 不可数 医学 心理学
  4. 4.

    Any disorder of women with some psychiatric symptoms without other diagnosis, ascribed to uterine influences on the female body, lack of pregnancy, or lack of sex.

    历史 废旧 不可数 医学 心理学

词汇关系

名词

同义词 4

fury frenzy craze delirium

上位词 7

fear fright mania neurosis fearfulness neuroticism psychoneurosis

下位词 3

hysterocatalepsy mass hysteria nympholepsy

部分词 1

mimesis

相关短语

mass hysteria 集体歇斯底里 female hysteria 女性歇斯底里 Arctic hysteria canine hysteria [医] 犬惊病, 犬癔病

词源

From New Latin hysteria, a back-formation from Latin hystericus, from Ancient Greek ὑστερικός (husterikós, “suffering in the uterus, hysterical”), from ὑστέρα (hustéra, “womb”). Compare French hystérie.

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