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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD HYSTERIC

From Latin hystericus literally: of the womb, from Greek husterikos, from hustera the womb; from the belief that hysteria in women originated in disorders of the womb.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF HYSTERIC

hysteric  [hɪˈstɛrɪk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HYSTERIC

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Hysteric can act as a noun and an adjective.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES HYSTERIC MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Hysteria (disambiguation)

Hysteria, in its colloquial use, describes a state of mind, one of unmanageable fear or emotional excesses. Hysteria may also refer to...

Definition of hysteric in the English dictionary

The definition of hysteric in the dictionary is a hysterical person. Other definition of hysteric is hysterical.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HYSTERIC


amphoteric
ˌæmfəˈtɛrɪk
archenteric
ˌɑːkənˈtɛrɪk
bacteric
bækˈtɛrɪk
cholesteric
ˌkəʊləˈstɛrɪk
coelenteric
ˌsiːlɛnˈtɛrɪk
dysenteric
ˌdɪsənˈtɛrɪk
enteric
ɛnˈtɛrɪk
esoteric
ˌɛsəʊˈtɛrɪk
exoteric
ˌɛksəʊˈtɛrɪk
gastroenteric
ˌɡæstrəʊɛnˈtɛrɪk
holosteric
ˌhɒləˈstɛrɪk
isosteric
ˌaɪsəʊˈstɛrɪk
masseteric
ˌmæsɪˈtɛrɪk
mesenteric
ˌmɛsənˈtɛrɪk
neoteric
ˌniːəʊˈtɛrɪk
penteteric
ˌpɛntɪˈtɛrɪk
phylacteric
ˌfɪlækˈtɛrɪk
steric
ˈstɛrɪk
trochanteric
ˌtrəʊkænˈtɛrɪk
ureteric
ˌjʊərɪˈtɛrɪk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HYSTERIC

hysterectomise
hysterectomize
hysterectomy
hystereses
hysteresial
hysteresis
hysteresis loop
hysteretic
hysteretically
hysteria
hysterical
hysterically
hystericky
hysterics
hysteritis
hysterogenic
hysterogeny
hysteroid
hysteroidal
hysteromania

WORDS THAT END LIKE HYSTERIC

allosteric
alphanumeric
antihysteric
atmospheric
cadaveric
ceric
cleric
climacteric
deuteric
eric
etheric
generic
Homeric
icteric
lienteric
numeric
polymeric
sphincteric
trieteric
turmeric

Synonyms and antonyms of hysteric in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «hysteric» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HYSTERIC

Find out the translation of hysteric to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of hysteric from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «hysteric» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

歇斯底里
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

histérica
570 millions of speakers

English

hysteric
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

hysteric
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مهستر
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

истеричка
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

histérica
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

হিস্টরিয়া-সংক্রান্ত
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

hystérique
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Histeria
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Hysteriker
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ヒステリック
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

히스테리
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Hysteric
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Hysteric
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மிகை உணர்ச்சிக் கோளாறு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

उन्मत्त
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

isterik
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

isterico
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

histerycznej
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

істеричка
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

isteric
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

υστερική
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

hysterisch
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

hysteri
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

hysteric
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of hysteric

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HYSTERIC»

The term «hysteric» is regularly used and occupies the 63.570 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HYSTERIC» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «hysteric» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «hysteric» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about hysteric

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HYSTERIC»

Discover the use of hysteric in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to hysteric and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Hysteric's Revenge: French Women Writers at the Fin de ...
This book includes novels that confront this mind/body problem through a wide variety of styles and genres that challenge conventional fin-de-siecle notions of femininity.
Rachel Mesch, 2006
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The Hysteric's Guide to the Future Female Subject
How can a girl become a woman today without being either a victim or a manipulator? Reflecting on this question, MacCannell takes us for the first time beyond the flawed models for becoming a woman left to us by Freud and Sade.
Juliet Flower MacCannell, 2000
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A Clinical Introduction to Lacanian Psychoanalysis: Theory ...
The hysteric finds a way, just when it seems her husband is most satisfied, to provoke a desire in him for something else, or even for someone else. In the case of the butcher's wife, another woman is ready to hand, so to speak; in other cases , ...
Bruce Fink, 2009
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After Lacan: Clinical Practice and the Subject of the ...
Thus, the hysteric is in turn addressed and mobilized by the mother's unsatisfied demand to which the subject tries to respond. In that context, the hysteric's “ response” can only be an ef- fort to consolidate the father, a quest for the phallic ideal ...
Willy Apollon, Willy Apollon Danielle Bergeron Lucie Cantin, Danielle Bergeron, 2012
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Matrix of Hysteria: Psychoanalysis of the Struggle Between ...
The hysteric is also linked to a particular mode of time. "The hysteric (either male or female) who suffers from reminiscences would, rather, recognize his or her self in the anterior temporal modalities: Cyclical and monumental" (Kristeva, 1986, ...
Nitza Yarom, 2005
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Pre-Hysteric Parenting: The Frazzled Parents' Guide to ...
And confused parents are asking "When did we lose control?" In this timely book, H. Norman Wright helps parents discover a better way of loving-a way that is both biblical and down-to-earth.
H. Norman Wright, 2001
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Medical Diagnosis: Special Diagnosis of Internal Medicine
Differential Diagnosis of Hysteric Paralyses. — Determining in this case is, above all, the condition of the other nervous symptoms which are synchronous with the paralysis. In paraplegias depending upon affections of the spinal marrow the ...
Wilhelm Olivier von Leube, Julius Lincoln Salinger, 1904
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Jacques Lacan and the Other Side of Psychoanalysis: ...
This is only one solution, one interpretation of her dream, he says (85). He places the hysteric, then, on the side of the symptom, on the side of displeasure, pointing out that other than phallic jouissance, there is the function of the plus-de-jouir ...
Justin Clemens, Russell Grigg, 2006
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The Lacanian Subject: Between Language and Jouissance
Hysteric's. Discourse. In the hysteric's discourse (which is actually the fourth generated by the succession of quarter turns, not the third, as I am presenting it here), the split subject occupies the dominant position and addresses S , calling it into ...
Bruce Fink, 1997
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A Text-book of the Practice of Medicine
interval of comparative quiet ; this is characterized, however, by numberless and varied phenomena — the hysteric stigmata. The whole course of the affection may be comprised in this period, convulsions being absent. As I have already ...
James Meschter Anders, John Herr Musser, 1917

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HYSTERIC»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term hysteric is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Israeli Opposition Leader Isaac Herzog: Iran Deal Will Bring Chaos …
While the administration can—and has—dismissed Netanyahu as a hysteric, the eminently reasonable Herzog, who is Secretary of State John ... «The Atlantic, Jul 15»
2
Quotes of the day An error occurred.
While the administration can—and has—dismissed Netanyahu as a hysteric, the eminently reasonable Herzog, who is Secretary of State John ... «Hot Air, Jul 15»
3
Tetsuya Nomura confirms definite 'changes' - Venture Capital Post
To end the hysteric concern, game director Tetsuya Nomura stated that there will be "changes", but assured that such "changes" will be those of ... «Venture Capital Post, Jul 15»
4
Nugent case dismissed - KOAM TV 7
After I found Luke I don't remember a whole lot, just terror and screaming and hysteric. My husband took me and I waited outside with the neighbors until police ... «KOAM-TV, Jul 15»
5
Creative strategic alliance
How can you create more “pain of disconnect” so your referral partner would go into instant hysteric convulsions at the mere thought of losing ... «MPA News, Jul 15»
6
North Korea invites entire US Congress to visit alleged 'anthrax' plant
The Defence Commission dismissed the allegations as another example of the United States' "hysteric rage" and its repeated efforts to "tarnish ... «Economic Times, Jul 15»
7
Bowie and gender transgression – what a drag - The Conversation
Undergoing a psychic transition, Swinton transforms into a gesturing hysteric, as though channelling the estranged bodily movement of 1920s ... «The Conversation AU, Jul 15»
8
Buharimeter: Fact Based Assessment Of The President's Scorecard …
President Buhari and his party defied the odds and swept to office on the back of a near hysteric clamour for change. CDD launches ... «SaharaReporters.com, Jul 15»
9
'Small Backs' dramatizes the burdens that girls must bear
... Headcase" (2012), Yuknavitch explored this theme by juxtaposing a girl coming into her own with Freud's revisionist story of her as a hysteric. «Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Jul 15»
10
THE NEW TOTALITARIANS: this ain't your granddaddy's Democrat …
"He would not be a hysteric like Hitler . . he is exactly the sort of man whom no one would suspect of Caesarism, least of all himself." «RenewAmerica, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Hysteric [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/hysteric>. Apr 2024 ».
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