Symptom
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| + | ''[[Enjoy Your Symptom!]]'' (1992) by Slavoj Žižek | ||
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| - | :''[[moral panic]], [[witch-hunt]]'' | + | # A [[perceived]] [[change]] in some [[function]], [[sensation]] or [[appearance]] of a [[person]] that [[indicates]] a [[disease]] or [[disorder]], such as [[fever]], [[headache]] or [[rash]]. |
| - | '''Mass hysteria''', also called '''collective hysteria''', '''mass psychogenic illness''', or '''collective obsessional behavior''', is the [[Social psychology|sociopsychological]] [[phenomenon]] of the manifestation of the same or similar [[Hysteria|hysterical]] [[symptom]]s by more than one person. A common manifestation of mass hysteria occurs when a group of people believe they are suffering from a similar [[disease]] or ailment. | + | # Anything that [[indicate]]s, or is [[characteristic]] of, the [[presence]] of something else, especially of something undesirable. |
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| + | * [[manifestation]] | ||
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- A perceived change in some function, sensation or appearance of a person that indicates a disease or disorder, such as fever, headache or rash.
- Anything that indicates, or is characteristic of, the presence of something else, especially of something undesirable.
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