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Categories: Mass psychogenic illness, Behavioral addiction, Group processes, Somatic symptom disorders, Articles with short description
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mass hysteria  epidemic hysertia  mass psychogenic illness  sociogenic illness  collective hysteria  hysteria
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A condition in which a large group of people exhibit the same state of violent mental agitation WordNet 3.0
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A condition in which a large group of people exhibit the same state of violent mental agitation WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
Mass psychogenic illness, also called mass sociogenic illness, mass psychogenic disorder, epidemic hysteria or mass hysteria, involves the spread of illness symptoms through a population where there is no infectious agent responsible for contagion. Wikipedia
The rapid spread of illness signs and symptoms affecting members of a cohesive group Wikipedia Disambiguation
The sociopsychological phenomenon in which a large group of people exhibit the same or similar hysterical symptoms simultaneously. Wiktionary
Sociopsychological phenomenon. Wiktionary (translation)