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Definition
a state of violent mental agitation — especially uncontrollable fear
- He went on scrambling and the laughter rose to a gale of hysteria.p. 72.3
- They worked therefore with great energy and cheerfulness, though as time crept by there was a suggestion of panic in the energy and hysteria in the cheerfulness.p. 130.5
- He began to pound the mouth below him, using his clenched fist as a hammer; he hit with more and more passionate hysteria as the face became slippery.p. 167.4
There are no more uses of "hysteria" in Lord of the Flies.
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