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DISTRACTION
distraction, misdirection
(noun) the act of distracting; drawing someone’s attention away from something; “conjurers are experts at misdirection”
beguilement, distraction
(noun) an entertainment that provokes pleased interest and distracts you from worries and vexations
distraction
(noun) mental turmoil; “he drives me to distraction”
distraction
(noun) an obstacle to attention
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
distraction (countable and uncountable, plural distractions)
Something that distracts.
The process of being distracted.
Perturbation; disorder; disturbance; confusion.
Mental disorder; a deranged state of mind; insanity.
(medicine, archaic) Traction so exerted as to separate surfaces normally opposed.
Anagrams
• adstriction
Source: Wiktionary
Dis*trac"tion, n. Etym: [L. distractio: cf. F. distraction.]
1. The act of distracting; a drawing apart; separation. To create distractions among us. Bp. Burnet.
2. That which diverts attention; a diversion. "Domestic distractions." G. Eliot.
3. A diversity of direction; detachment. [Obs.] His power went out in such distractions as Beguiled all species. Shak.
4. State in which the attention is called in different ways; confusion; perplexity. That ye may attend upon the Lord without distraction. 1 Cor. vii. 3
5. Confusion of affairs; tumult; disorder; as, political distractions. Never was known a night of such distraction. Dryden.
6. Agitation from violent emotions; perturbation of mind; despair. The distraction of the children, who saw both their parents together, would have melted the hardest heart. Tatler.
7. Derangement of the mind; madness. Atterbury.
Syn.
– Perplexity; confusion; disturbance; disorder; dissension; tumult; derangement; madness; raving; franticness; furiousness.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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