noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ mass , public
▪ mild ( esp. BrE ), near
▪ media , tabloid ( BrE )
▪
Unnecessary anxiety has been caused by media ~ and misinformation.
▪ religious
▪ anti-communist , war
… OF HYSTERIA
▪ fit
▪
She sometimes flew into fits of ~.
▪ note
▪
There was a note of ~ in his voice.
VERB + HYSTERIA
▪ border on
▪
Sam arrived in a state of excitement bordering on ~.
▪ cause , create , fuel , generate , whip up
▪
Some parts of the media are creating ~ and exaggerating an important issue.
▪
the ~ whipped up by some newspapers
HYSTERIA + VERB
▪ sweep sth , sweep across sth , sweep through sth
▪
the ~ that swept through the country
▪ surround sth
▪
There is still so much ~ surrounding the issue.
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ about
▪
public ~ about the bombings
▪ ~ over
▪
~ over AIDS
PHRASES
▪ on the point of ~ , on the verge of ~
▪
She was babbling, on the verge of ~.