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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- 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.