distraction

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noun

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distractions

1.
(countable, uncountable)Something that distracts.
Poking one's eye is a good distraction from a hurting toe.
2.
(countable, uncountable)The process of being distracted.
We have to reduce distraction in class if we want students to achieve good results.
3.
(countable, uncountable)Perturbation; disorder; disturbance; confusion.
It's true that the Copernican Systeme introduceth distraction in the universe of Aristotle.
4.
(countable, uncountable)Mental disarray; a deranged state of mind; insanity.
The incessant nightmares drove him to distraction.
5.
(archaic, countable, uncountable)(medicine, archaic) Traction so exerted as to separate surfaces normally opposed.

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Borrowed from Middle French distraction, from Latin distractio. Equivalent to distract + -ion.