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HYSTERIC
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A person suffering from hysteria
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("hysteric" is a kind of...):
mental case; neurotic; psychoneurotic (a person suffering from neurosis)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Characterized by or arising from psychoneurotic hysteria
Example:
hysterical amnesia
Synonyms:
hysteric; hysterical
Classified under:
Similar:
neurotic; psychoneurotic (affected with emotional disorder)
Derivation:
hysteria (neurotic disorder characterized by violent emotional outbreaks and disturbances of sensory and motor functions)
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