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Originally appearing in Volume V08, Page 322 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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DISTRACTION (from See also:Lat. distrakere, to pull asunder) , a See also:drawing away or apart; a word now used generally of a See also:state of mind, to mean a diversion of See also:attention, or a violent emotion amounting almost to madness.

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