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Distraction
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
(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.