# hysteria
## English
### Etymology

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.

### Pronunciation

* (General American) IPA: /hɪˈstɛɹiə/, /hɪˈstɪɹiə/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɪəɹiə

### Noun

hysteria (usually uncountable, plural hysterias or hysteriae or hysteriæ)
* Behavior exhibiting excessive or uncontrollable emotions, in a wide range from joy to panic but usually including anxiety or fear.
** 1968, Robert Conquest, “Old Bolsheviks Confess”, in The Great Terror: Stalin's Purge of the Thirties‎, Macmillan Company, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 117:Zinoviev was unwell and feverish. He was told he was to be transferred to another cell. But when he saw the guards he at once understood. All accounts agree that he collapsed, yelling in a high-pitched voice a desperate appeal to Stalin to keep his word. He gave the impression of hysteria, but this is probably not fair, as his voice was always very piercing when he was excited, and he was perhaps trying to make a last speech. He was, in addition, still suffering from heart and liver trouble, so that some sort of collapse is understandable.
* (medicine, nosologically dated) A mental disorder characterized by emotional excitability etc. without an organic cause.
** 1974, Thomas S. Szasz, M.D., chapter 13, in The Myth of Mental Illness, →ISBN, page 218:The typical cases of hysteria cited by Freud thus involved a moral conflict—a conflict about what the young women in question wanted to do with themselves. Did they want to prove that they were good daughters by taking care of their sick fathers? Or did they want to become independent of their parents, by having a family of their own, or in some other way? I believe it was the tension between these conflicting aspirations that was the crucial issue in these cases. The sexual problem—say, of the daughter's incestuous cravings for her father—was secondary (if that important); it was stimulated, perhaps, by the interpersonal situation in which the one had to attend to the other's body. Moreover, it was probably easier to admit the sexual problem to consciousness and to worry about it than to raise the ethical problem indicated. In the final analysis, the latter is a vastly difficult problem in living. It cannot be "solved" by any particular maneuver but requires rather decision making about basic goals, and, having made the decisions, dedicated efforts to attain them.
* (informal, psychopathology) Synonym of conversion disorder
* (psychiatry, until early 20th century, now historical) 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.

#### Usage notes

* Some usage advisers recommend caution with the terms hysteria and hysterical, because the medical and psychiatric senses of the terms over the centuries have been inextricably bound up with bias via stereotypes about gender; in medicine, the words are no longer nosologically current. Some advisers recommend avoiding these words even in the broadest sense that is arguably gender-neutral (i.e., denoting excessive or uncontrollable emotions, from joy to panic, as in hysterical crowds of sports fans). The usage and its cultural underpinnings are discussed at Wikipedia > Hysteria.

#### Synonyms

* (obsolete female disorder): uterine melancholy

#### Hyponyms

* (mental disorder): female hysteria, Arctic hysteria, piblokto

#### Derived terms

* anxiety hysteria
* Arctic hysteria
* canine hysteria
* conversion hysteria
* ecohysteria
* female hysteria
* hystero-
* mass hysteria

#### Related terms

* hysteric, hysterics
* hysterical

#### Translations

    The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

### Further reading

* “hysteria”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
* “hysteria”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
* “hysteria”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

### Anagrams

* this year

## Finnish
### Etymology

Internationalism (see English hysteria), ultimately from New Latin hysteria.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈhysteriɑ/, [ˈhys̠te̞ˌriɑ̝]
* Rhymes: -iɑ
* Hyphenation: hys‧te‧ria

### Noun

hysteria
* hysteria

#### Declension

Possessive forms of hysteria (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
hysteriani
hysteriani
accusative
nom.
hysteriani
hysteriani
gen.
hysteriani
genitive
hysteriani
hysterioideni hysterioitteni hysteriaini $^{rare}$
partitive
hysteriaani
hysterioitani
inessive
hysteriassani
hysterioissani
elative
hysteriastani
hysterioistani
illative
hysteriaani
hysterioihini
adessive
hysteriallani
hysterioillani
ablative
hysterialtani
hysterioiltani
allative
hysterialleni
hysterioilleni
essive
hysterianani
hysterioinani
translative
hysteriakseni
hysterioikseni
abessive
hysteriattani
hysterioittani
instructive
comitative
—hysterioineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
hysteriasi
hysteriasi
accusative
nom.
hysteriasi
hysteriasi
gen.
hysteriasi
genitive
hysteriasi
hysterioidesi hysterioittesi hysteriaisi $^{rare}$
partitive
hysteriaasi
hysterioitasi
inessive
hysteriassasi
hysterioissasi
elative
hysteriastasi
hysterioistasi
illative
hysteriaasi
hysterioihisi
adessive
hysteriallasi
hysterioillasi
ablative
hysterialtasi
hysterioiltasi
allative
hysteriallesi
hysterioillesi
essive
hysterianasi
hysterioinasi
translative
hysteriaksesi
hysterioiksesi
abessive
hysteriattasi
hysterioittasi
instructive
comitative
—hysterioinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
hysteriamme
hysteriamme
accusative
nom.
hysteriamme
hysteriamme
gen.
hysteriamme
genitive
hysteriamme
hysterioidemme hysterioittemme hysteriaimme $^{rare}$
partitive
hysteriaamme
hysterioitamme
inessive
hysteriassamme
hysterioissamme
elative
hysteriastamme
hysterioistamme
illative
hysteriaamme
hysterioihimme
adessive
hysteriallamme
hysterioillamme
ablative
hysterialtamme
hysterioiltamme
allative
hysteriallemme
hysterioillemme
essive
hysterianamme
hysterioinamme
translative
hysteriaksemme
hysterioiksemme
abessive
hysteriattamme
hysterioittamme
instructive
comitative
—hysterioinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
hysterianne
hysterianne
accusative
nom.
hysterianne
hysterianne
gen.
hysterianne
genitive
hysterianne
hysterioidenne hysterioittenne hysteriainne $^{rare}$
partitive
hysteriaanne
hysterioitanne
inessive
hysteriassanne
hysterioissanne
elative
hysteriastanne
hysterioistanne
illative
hysteriaanne
hysterioihinne
adessive
hysteriallanne
hysterioillanne
ablative
hysterialtanne
hysterioiltanne
allative
hysteriallenne
hysterioillenne
essive
hysteriananne
hysterioinanne
translative
hysteriaksenne
hysterioiksenne
abessive
hysteriattanne
hysterioittanne
instructive
comitative
—hysterioinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
hysteriansa
hysteriansa
accusative
nom.
hysteriansa
hysteriansa
gen.
hysteriansa
genitive
hysteriansa
hysterioidensa hysterioittensa hysteriainsa $^{rare}$
partitive
hysteriaansa
hysterioitaan hysterioitansa
inessive
hysteriassaan hysteriassansa
hysterioissaan hysterioissansa
elative
hysteriastaan hysteriastansa
hysterioistaan hysterioistansa
illative
hysteriaansa
hysterioihinsa
adessive
hysteriallaan hysteriallansa
hysterioillaan hysterioillansa
ablative
hysterialtaan hysterialtansa
hysterioiltaan hysterioiltansa
allative
hysterialleen hysteriallensa
hysterioilleen hysterioillensa
essive
hysterianaan hysterianansa
hysterioinaan hysterioinansa
translative
hysteriakseen hysteriaksensa
hysterioikseen hysterioiksensa
abessive
hysteriattaan hysteriattansa
hysterioittaan hysterioittansa
instructive
comitative
—hysterioineen hysterioinensa :

#### Derived terms

* hysteriakohtaus
* joukkohysteria
* sotahysteria

### Further reading

* “hysteria”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02