crowd frenzy
Collective public mania
Crowd frenzy is the wild, uncontrolled behavior that can overtake a group of people—screaming at concerts, stampeding at sales, rioting after sporting events.
The term suggests collective excitement that overwhelms individual judgment: The announcement triggered a crowd frenzy at the gates.
It can be euphoric or dangerous, sometimes both.
- mobDisorderly, aggressive crowd
- mob mentalityCollective irrationality in groups
- hysteriaUncontrollable emotional excess
- mass hysteriaShared irrational public fear
- riotViolent public disturbance
stampede · pandemonium · mania · chaos · surge · human wave · panic · roar · crush · swarm · mayhem · delirium · uproar · screaming · pushing · rampage · excitement · throng
- frenzymania, hysteria, madness, fury, rage
- civil unrestriot, riots, rioting, mob, uprising
- collective emotionscollective guilt, mass hysteria, national pride, national mourning, emotional contagion