war hysteria

Frequency: 6.26.1 per million words

extreme public excitement and eagerness for a country to go to war

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Examples (10)

  • The government was accused of whipping up war hysteria to gain votes.
  • War hysteria swept through the nation after the attack.
  • Newspapers were blamed for fueling war hysteria with sensational headlines.
  • In a climate of war hysteria, rational debate becomes impossible.
  • He tried to calm the growing war hysteria among the population.
  • The rally was a display of dangerous war hysteria.
  • Historians study how war hysteria led to the conflict.
  • There is a distinct lack of war hysteria this time around.
  • Political leaders often exploit war hysteria for their own ends.
  • The film depicts the gripping war hysteria of the 1940s.