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Distraction

1911 Encyclopedia Britannica

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(from Lat. distrahere, to pull asunder), a drawing away or apart; a word now used generally of a state of mind, to mean a diversion of attention, or a violent emotion amounting almost to madness.

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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Distraction'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​d/distraction.html. 1910.
 
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