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==Origin==
[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] ''starian''; akin to Old High German ''starēn'' to stare, [[Greek]] ''stereos'' solid, Lithuanian ''starinti'' to stiffen
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12th_century before 12th Century]
==Definitions==
*1: to look fixedly often with wide-open eyes
*2: to show oneself conspicuously <the [[error]] stared from the page>
*3: of hair : to stand on end : bristle; also : to appear rough and lusterless
==Description==
'''Staring''' is a prolonged gaze or fixed look. In staring, one object or [[person]] is the continual [[focus]] of visual interest, for an amount of [[time]]. Staring can be [[interpreted]] as being either [[hostile]], or the result of intense [[concentration]] or [[affection]]. Staring [[behaviour]] can be considered a form of [[aggression]], or an [[invasion]] of an individual's [[privacy]]. If eye contact is [[reciprocated]], mutual staring can take the form of a battle of wills, or even a [[game]] where the loser is the person who blinks or looks away first – a staring contest.
To some extent, the [[meaning]] of a person’s staring [[behaviour]] depends upon the attributions made by the [[observer]]. Staring often occurs [[accidentally]], when someone appears to be staring into [[space]] they may well be lost in [[thought]], or stupefied, or simply unable to see.
Staring [[conceptually]] also implies confronting the [[inevitable]] – ‘staring [[death]] in the face’, or ‘staring into the [[abyss]]’. Group staring evokes and emphasises [[paranoia]]; such as the [[archetypal]] [[stranger]] walking into a saloon in a Western to be greeted by the stares of all the regulars. The [[fear]] of being stared at is called Scopophobia.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Staring]
[[Category: Sociology]]
[[Category: Psychology]]
==Origin==
[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] ''starian''; akin to Old High German ''starēn'' to stare, [[Greek]] ''stereos'' solid, Lithuanian ''starinti'' to stiffen
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12th_century before 12th Century]
==Definitions==
*1: to look fixedly often with wide-open eyes
*2: to show oneself conspicuously <the [[error]] stared from the page>
*3: of hair : to stand on end : bristle; also : to appear rough and lusterless
==Description==
'''Staring''' is a prolonged gaze or fixed look. In staring, one object or [[person]] is the continual [[focus]] of visual interest, for an amount of [[time]]. Staring can be [[interpreted]] as being either [[hostile]], or the result of intense [[concentration]] or [[affection]]. Staring [[behaviour]] can be considered a form of [[aggression]], or an [[invasion]] of an individual's [[privacy]]. If eye contact is [[reciprocated]], mutual staring can take the form of a battle of wills, or even a [[game]] where the loser is the person who blinks or looks away first – a staring contest.
To some extent, the [[meaning]] of a person’s staring [[behaviour]] depends upon the attributions made by the [[observer]]. Staring often occurs [[accidentally]], when someone appears to be staring into [[space]] they may well be lost in [[thought]], or stupefied, or simply unable to see.
Staring [[conceptually]] also implies confronting the [[inevitable]] – ‘staring [[death]] in the face’, or ‘staring into the [[abyss]]’. Group staring evokes and emphasises [[paranoia]]; such as the [[archetypal]] [[stranger]] walking into a saloon in a Western to be greeted by the stares of all the regulars. The [[fear]] of being stared at is called Scopophobia.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Staring]
[[Category: Sociology]]
[[Category: Psychology]]
